Question

The table represents a linear function. What is the slope of the function? –3 –2 3 4

X= (-2) (-1) (0) (1) (2)
Y= (-2) (1) (4) (7) (10)

Answer 1

The slope of the function is 3.

Explanation:

In order to find this, we first need to select two ordered pairs from the table. For the purpose of this, I'll use (0, 4) and (1, 7). Now we plug this into the slope formula.

m(slope) = (y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1)

m = (7 - 4)/(1 - 0)

m = 3/1

m = 3