Question

The points in the table lie on a line. What is the slope of the line?

Answer 1

slope = -
`(7)/(6)`

Explanation:

Calculate the slope m using the slope formula

m =
`(y_(2)-y_(1) )/(x_(2)-x_(1) )`

with (x₁, y₁ ) = (- 8, 8) and (x₂, y₂ ) = (4, - 6) ← 2 ordered pairs from the table

m =
`(-6-8)/(4+8)` =
`(-14)/(12)` = -
`(7)/(6)`

Answer 2

8-1 divided by -8--2

Which is -7/6