Answer :
The Solution.
To find the slope of the line from the given graph:
First, we shall pick two coordinates in the graph, that is
[tex](0,2),(2,-1)[/tex]This implies that
[tex]\begin{gathered} (x_1=0,y_1=2)\text{ and} \\ (x_2=2,y_2=-1) \end{gathered}[/tex]By formula, the slope is given as below:
[tex]\text{ slope=}\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}[/tex]substituting the values in the above formula, we get
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{ Slope=}\frac{-1-2}{2-0} \\ \\ \text{ Slope =}\frac{-3}{2} \end{gathered}[/tex]So, the slope of the line is -3/2
b. From the graph, and from the slope being a negative value, it is clear that the line graph is Decreasing.
c. To estimate the vertical intercept is to find the y-intercept of the line.
Clearly from the graph, we can see that the vertical intercept is (0,2), that is, the point where the line cut the y-axis.
Therefore, the vertical intercept is (0,2).