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The table represents a linear function. What is the slope of the function? ​

The table represents a linear function. What is the slope of the function? ​-example-1
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Slope is the change in y over the change in x.

Using the first and last value, the change in x would be the change from -4 to 4 which is 8

The change y y would be the change from -16 to 24 which is 40

The slope would be 40/8 which reduces to 5

The answer is 5

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