Question

Find the slope for the values in the table below.

x
-1
0
1
2
y
5
3
1
-1
A. 1
B. -1
C. 2
D. -2

Answer 1

@freckles

Answer 2

@katkipe

Answer 3

@SolomonZelman

Answer 4

helpp

Answer 5

@crazychickengirl123

Answer 6

help again

Answer 7

\(\large\color{slate}{ \huge{ \begin{array}{| l | c | r |}
\hline \scr~~~x~~ & \scr y \\
\hline
\scr~~~-1~ & \scr ~~~~5~~~~ \\
\hline
\scr~~~~~0 & \scr 3 \\
\hline
\scr~~~~~1~ & \scr 1 \\
\hline
\scr~~~~~2~ & \scr -1 \\
\hline \end{array} } }\) like this?

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

Okay, as x increases by 1, (as you add 1 to the x), what happens to the y?

Answer 10

yup

Answer 11

that means the slope is \(\large\color{black}{-2 }\).

Answer 12

thats the answer

Answer 13

the slope is the number of y units the graph goes up, \(\normalsize\color{black}{\rm~as~~x~~goes~~1~~unit~~to~~the~~right }\).

yes.

Answer 14

thank you

Answer 15

yw