Question

Your teacher asked your class to describe a real-world situation in which a y-interncept is 100 and the slope is 5. Your partner gave the following description: My younger brother originally had 100 small building blocks, but he has lost 5 of them every mont since. What mistake did your partner make?

Answer 1

Since he lost 5 building blocks each month, the slope is -5, not 5. You were asked for a positive 5 slope, not a negative 5 slope.