Question

What is the slope of the line shown below?



A. -1/4
B. 1/4
C. 4
D. -4

Answer 1

http://media.apexlearning.com/Images/200706/30/ef9fda33-4299-4bd4-aeb3-3b441d66d984.gif

Answer 2

Do you know how to find slope of line?

Answer 3

@FFASinger

Answer 4

kinda

Answer 5

Just know that the formula to find the slope is \[(y _{2}-y _{1})/(x _{2}-x _{1})\]

Where y2 and y1 are the y coordinates and x2/x1 are obviously the x coordinates.

Answer 6

You're given two coordinate points, (5, 1) and (-3, -1) so what do you think you should do with these?

Answer 7

subtract

Answer 8

mhm. so pick either coordinate point to be your (x2, y2) and the other to be (x1, y1) and then pop them in. Either value should be the same

Answer 9

ok

Answer 10

So what did you get??

Answer 11

perhaps try [(1- (-1)]/[(5 - (-3)] where x2/y2 is (5, 1) and x1/y1 is (-3, -1)

Answer 12

what would that give you?