finding the slope

What is the slope?

• 3/5

• 5/3

• -3/5

• -5/3

• -6/10

Answer explanation

count rise over run;

the line is rising from left to right so the slope is positive

What is the slope?

• -1

• 1

• 3/3

• -3/3

• -1/1

Answer explanation

count rise over run;

the line is falling from left to right so the slope is negative;

slopes must be reduced to lowest terms

What is the slope?

• -2/5

• -5/2

• 2/5

• 5/2

• -2 1/2

Answer explanation

count rise over run;

the line is falling from left to right so the slope is negative

what is the slope

• -3/4

• 4/3

• 3/4

• -4/3

• -1 1/3

Answer explanation

count rise over run;

the line is falling from left to right so the slope is negative

What is the slope?

• -1/2

• 1/2

• 2/1

• -2

• undefined

Answer explanation

count rise over run;

the line is falling from left to right so the slope is negative

• -1

• 1

• undefined

• zero

• -1/1

Answer explanation

count rise over run;

the line is falling from left to right so the slope is negative

What is the slope?

• 2

• 1/2

• 2/1

• -2

• -1/2

Answer explanation

count rise over run;

the line is rising from left to right so the slope is positive

What is the slope?

• 2/3

• 3/2

• -2/3

• -3/2

• 4/6

Answer explanation

count rise over run;

the line is rising from left to right so the slope is positive

What is the slope?

• undefined

• zero

• 4/1

• 4/0

• 0/4

Answer explanation

a vertical line always as an undefined slope because a vertical line has no "run"; slope is rise over run and anything divided by zero is undefined because you can not divide by zero

What is the slope?

• zero

• undefined

• 4/0

• 0/4

Answer explanation

a horizontal line always has a slope of zero because there is no rise and slope is rise over run;

0 divided by any number is zero