SOLUTION: The x-intercept of a positively-sloped line is -5, and the area of the triangle formed by the line, the -axis, and the -axis is 10. What is the slope of the line?

Question 1012996: The x-intercept of a positively-sloped line is -5, and the area of the triangle formed by the line, the -axis, and the -axis is 10. What is the slope of the line?

Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A=1/2 bh
base is 5, from -5 to 0.
A=10
Height=4
the slope of the line is 4/5

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