Question

What is the slope of the function, represented by the table of values below?

X: -2, 1, 2, 4, 7
Y: 16, 4, 0, -8, -20

Answer 1

notice the table of values, thus let's pick two points from it, to check what the slope may be,


`\bf \begin{array}ccccccc x&-2&\underline{1}&2&\underline{4}&7\\ y&16&\underline{4}&0&\underline{-8}&-20 \end{array}\\\\ -------------------------------`