Question

Find the slope of the line segment shown.
A) -
1
-
2
B) -1
C)
1
-
2
D) 1
i choose D because the rise over run is 5/5 which would equal 1 but the rise started in the negative part so would that mean my answer should be -5/5 which would be -1
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Answer 1

You are almost there. The sign does not depend on the place the line started by the point of the line. If a line "points" toward the first quadrant:
Like this one, it's slope would be positive.
If a line "points" toward the third quadrant, it's slope would be negative.
With this information, does that change your answer?

Answer 2

Heart: You have correctly identified the slope, 5/5 = 1, from the given diagram. Nice work.