Question

Find the slope of the table

Answer 1

to get the slope of any straight line, we simply need two points off of it, let's use those two in the picture below.

`(\stackrel{x_1}{-3}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{6})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{1}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{-2}) \\\\\\ \stackrel{slope}{m}\implies \cfrac{\stackrel{\textit{\large rise}} {\stackrel{y_2}{-2}-\stackrel{y1}{6}}}{\underset{\textit{\large run}} {\underset{x_2}{1}-\underset{x_1}{(-3)}}} \implies \cfrac{-8}{1 +3} \implies \cfrac{ -8 }{ 4 } \implies \text{\LARGE -2}`

Answer 2

-2x

Explanation: