Question

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Which number best represents the slope of the graphed line?

Answer 1

Answer:

-5

Step-by-step explanation:

We can see two points that the line intersects:

(0,2) and (1,-3)

‘From that we can find the slope:

$\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1} = \frac{-3-2}{1-0} = \frac{-5}{1} = -5$

So, A.

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Answer 2

Answer:

-5

Step-by-step explanation:

Fast and loose: it's a negative number, since the line is decreasing, and it's decreasing faster than the diagonal of the II-IV quadrant (y=-x) so it's a number less than -1. Slope it's thus -5 or close to it.

More rigorous: start counting the squares. A slope of $\frac ab$ tells you that every time you move vertically by a squares, you moved horizontally by b squares. Here to advance from 0 to 1 you went down from 2 to -3, ie you subtracted 5. Slope is -5