Question

What does the sign of the slope tell you about a line?

Answer 1

The sign tells you if the line is increasing or decreasing.

Answer 2

Positive slope ---> increasing line

Negative slope ----> decreasing line

Explanation:

Slope of the line tell us the steepness of the line and the sign of the slope tells us whether the line is increasing or decreasing

When the sign of the slope is positive then the line is increasing

when the sign of the slope is negative then the line is decreasing