Question

What is the slope of the function, represented by the table of values below?
x: -2, 0, 4, 6, 9
y: 10, 4, -8, -14, -23

Answer 1

\[m=\frac{ y2-y1 }{ x2-x1 }\] so \[m=\frac{ -2-0 }{ 10-4 }\]

Answer 2

now all you have to do is simplify

Answer 3

slope = (10 - 4)/(-2-0)
6/-2 = -3 ans.