alleryStart learning →The steepness of the slant of a line is given a specific name in geometry. What is it called?
AThe intercept of the line
BThe origin of the line
CThe quadrant of the line
DThe slope of the line
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. The slope of the line
1. The rule names the steepness of a line's slant directly as its slope.
2. An intercept is a crossing point on an axis, not a measure of steepness.
3. The origin and the quadrant describe location on the coordinate grid, not how steeply a line slants.
_Source: OpenStax Prealgebra (CC BY 4.0), Ch 11 "Graphs", section 11.4 Understand Slope of a Line_
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