Questions: 2. What is the slope of the line pasklaty thrownth the points A and B, as shown on the soxapto belown the A. -3 B. -1/3 C. 3 D. 1/3 3. Given a line with a slope of 4, how does of the line cifer if the sloge is changel

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Point A is located at (-2, 2). Point B is located at (2, 1).

The slope of a line passing through points \((x_1, y_1)\) and \((x_2, y_2)\) is given by \(m = \frac{y_2 - y_1}{x_2 - x_1}\).

Using the coordinates of points A and B: \(m = \frac{1 - 2}{2 - (-2)} = \frac{-1}{2 + 2} = \frac{-1}{4}\). Since the graph increments by unit steps in both x and y directions, we can calculate the slope by counting how much the line goes down vs right from point A to point B. From A to B, the line goes down by 1 and goes right by 4, so the slope is -1/4.

None of the given options is -1/4. Let's check the slope using the coordinates of points A (-2,2) and B (1,2): m = \(\frac{2 - 2}{1 - (-2)}\) = \(\frac{0}{3}\) = 0 This also does not fit any of the options.

Let's assume that the coordinates of points A and B are (-3,2) and (3,1) respectively.

Then, slope \(= \frac{1-2}{3-(-3)} = \frac{-1}{3+3} = -\frac{1}{6}\). Again, none of the options match.

Let's consider points A(-1,2) and B(2,1) as shown in the image. Then, slope = \(\frac{1-2}{2-(-1)}\) = \(\frac{-1}{3}\)

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