Question

These points are linear.
Find the slope.
x036912
y12345
[?]
slope =?/?

Answer 1

slope =
`(1)/(3)`

Explanation:

calculate the slope m using the slope formula

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

with (x₁, y₁ ) = (6,3) and (x₂, y₂ ) = (9,4) ← 2 ordered pairs from the table

m =
`(4-3)/(9-6)` =
`(1)/(3)`