Question

Find the slope of the table 8 -516 -1024 -1532 -20

Answer 1

to find the slope, use the slope formula:

`m\text{ = }\frac{y2\text{ - y1}}{x2\text{ -x1}}`

Take any 2 points from the table,

(x1, y1) ==> (8, -5)

(x2, y2) ==> (16 -10)

Therefore, we have:

`m\text{ = }(-10-(-5))/(16-8)=(-10+5)/(8)=\text{ }(-5)/(8)`

Therefore the slope of the table is:

`-(5)/(8)`