Given a graph, can you think of two different ways to find the slope?
-1/4
Practice makes perfect
We are asked to find the slope of a line. Observing the given graph, we can see that the line passes through the points (-4,5) and (0,4). One way to use a graph to find the slope of a line is to count out the change in x and y.
We can see that as the graph travels from left to right, the rise, or change in y, is -1. Similarly, the run, or change in x, is 4.
slope=rise/run ⇔ m=-1/4=- 1/4
We can confirm this by using the Slope Formula.
m = y_2-y_1/x_2-x_1
We will use the given points to solve for the slope.
