Question

Need help finding the slope of this line:

http://www.webassign.net/waplots/c/f/82ac7a10bd44a27d3a8709cf700274.gif

Answer 1

Start by picking any two points on line having integer coordinates

Answer 2

ok

Answer 3

how about these two points in blue

Answer 4

how many boxes are there between those two points in vertical direction ?

Answer 5

idk

Answer 6

simply count them

Answer 7

there are 5 boxes in vertical direction, yes ?

Answer 8

ok

Answer 9

similarly can you find the number of boxes in horizontal direction ?

Answer 10

look at the graph once and make a best guess
im sure you will be right, give it a try :)

Answer 11

there are 3 boxes in horizontal direction

Answer 12

so the slope would be \(\large \dfrac{5}{3}\)