Question

What is the slope of the line graphed below?(3,3)5(0-6)What is m=

Answer 1

In the diagram, we give the coordinates as follows

(0,-6) where 0 is x(1) and -6 is y(1)

Also,(3,3) where 3 is x(2) and 3 is y(2)

The slope of a line (m) can be solved with the formula below:

$\begin{gathered} \text{slope(m)}=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1} \\ \end{gathered}$

We then insert the coordinates into the formula

$\begin{gathered} m=\frac{3-(-6)}{3-0} \\ m=\frac{3+6}{3} \\ m=\frac{9}{3} \\ m=3 \end{gathered}$

Therefore the slope of the line is 3.

Note: m and the slope are the same.