What is the slope of the line and what does it mean in this situation?The slope is –2000 . This means that the helicopter descends 2000 ft each minute.The slope is –400 . This means that the helicopter descends 400 ft each minute.The slope is 400. This means that the helicopter ascends 400 ft each minute.The slope is 2000. This means that the helicopter ascends 2000 ft each minute.

The quick rule to remember for slope is rise over run or [tex] \frac{rise}{run} [/tex] . Look at the rise first (y axis) and see that it goes DOWN from 10,000 to 4000 which is a 6000 ft DROP. This -6000 is our rise. now we need to see how fast it drops so we find our run part using the x axis. it went from 0 minutes FORWARD to 25 minutes. This is a positive 25 minutes and is our run. [tex] \frac{-6000}{25} =-240 [/tex]