we have a formula for finding slopes: [tex] \frac{y - {y}^{ prime} }{x - {x}^{prime} } [/tex] x and y being the coordinates of one point and y and x prime being the coordinates of another point. let's find the slopes of our two functions first function: [tex] \frac{0 - 4}{3 - 0} = \frac{ - 4}{3} [/tex] second function: [tex] \frac{ - 4 - ( - 1)}{ - 12 - ( - 8)} = \frac{3}{4} [/tex] the bigger the number the bigger the slope negativity or positivity doesn't matter. therefore the correct answer is: function 1 has a steeper slope of -4/3
