Question

Determine the slope for a function that has the following table

Answer 1

The slope is calculated as,

`\text{slope}=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)`

Taking ( 8.5, 27) and (7.5, 17), we have,

`\text{slope}=(27-17)/(8.5-7.5)=(10)/(1)=10`