Question

X y
-1 4
0 7
1 10
2 13
What is the slope?

Answer 1

slope = 3

Explanation:

calculate the slope m using the slope formula

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

with (x₁, y₁ ) = (- 1, 4) and (x₂, y₂ ) = (2, 13) ← 2 ordered pairs from the table

m =
`(13-4)/(2-(-1))` =
`(9)/(2+1)` =
`(9)/(3)` = 3