Can you help me find the slope, I forgot how to do it.

Question

Baskets made:22, 25, 28, 29, 33

Points scored:5, 7, 7, 9, 8

Is the slope (A) -0.561 (B) 0.283 (C) 0.631 (D) 0.794

Answer 1

In math, the slope is the measure of the steepness and direction of a line. It can be calculated by dividing the rise of the line by its run. Pick any two coordinate pairs within your line and use the equation m = (y₂ - y₁) / (x₂ - x₁), where (y₂ - y₁) is the difference between the y-coordinates of your points, and (x₂ - x₁) is the difference between the x-coordinates of your points.

It is unclear to me which is the x- or y-variable in your question as it is written, but let us assume baskets made is the x-variable, and points scored is the y-variable. In this case, let us choose the first coordinate (22, 5) and the final coordinate (33, 8). Remember that coordinates within a line on a graph are expressed as (x, y).

m = (8 - 5) / (33 - 22) = 3/11 = ~0.273