Question

Find the slope of the line. A. 1/5 B. -1/3 C. -3 D. 5

Answer 1

the answer would be -3 because you do rise over run and the rise would be 3 and the run would be 1. The reason it is negative is because the line is going upwards instead of downwards.

Answer 2

Answer:
slope = -3

Explanation:
The slope of the line can be calculated using the following formula:
slope = $\frac{y2 - y1}{x2 - x1}$

From the graph, we can get two points as follows:
point (0,4) representing (x1 , y1)
point (1,1) representing (x2 , y2)

Substitute with the givens in the above equation to get the slope as follows:
slope = $\frac{1-4}{1-0} = -3$

Hope this helps :)