Answer:
[tex]y = - \frac{1}{4}x + 2[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
The given line has equation
[tex]y = \frac{1}{2}x - 5[/tex]
The steepness is the absolute value of the slope.
The larger the absolute value of the slope, the greater the steepness.
The steepness of
[tex]y = \frac{1}{2}x - 5[/tex]
is
[tex] | \frac{1}{2} | = \frac{1}{2} = 0.5[/tex]
The steepness of
[tex]y = - \frac{1}{4}x + 2[/tex]
is
[tex] | - \frac{1}{4} | = \frac{1}{4} =0 .25[/tex]
Therefore the second line is less steep than the first line.
