Question

4 pointsTriangle BAC is shown on the coordinate grid. The coordinates of eachvertex of the triangle are integers. Numerical answers as decimal or wholenumber only (do not write as a fraction).6AB5321с012What is the slope of BC?Your answerThis is a required question

Answer 1

The Solution.

The slope of line BC is given below:

$\begin{gathered} \text{slope = }\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1} \\ B(1,6)\rightarrow(x_1=1,y_1=6) \\ C(4,0)\rightarrow(x_2=4,y_2=0) \end{gathered}$

Substituting the values above into the formula, we get

$\text{Slope = }\frac{0-6}{4-1}=-\frac{6}{3}=-2$

Thus, the correct answer is -2.