Question

A balloon artist creates balloon hats for children at a store’s grand opening. The graph shows the number of balloons the artist has remaining, y, after creating x hats.

A coordinate plane showing Balloon Hat Creations. The x-axis shows Number of Balloon Hats and the y-axis shows Balloons Remaining. The straight line starts at (0. 500) and continues down and to the right through points, (50, 250) and ends at (100, 0).
What phrases can be used to describe the line representing the relationship between the number of balloons remaining and the number of hats created? Select three options.

positive slope
negative slope
constant slope
increasing function
decreasing function

Answer 1

Negative slope
Constant slope
Decreasing function

Reason: The line is straight and goes down as x increases. Slope = (0 − 500)/(100 − 0) = −5, so it's negative, constant (linear), and the function decreases as x increases.