Question

ari’s chickens eat their pellets at a constant rate throughout each day.

What is the slope of the line that represents the ounces of pellets eaten?



Ari’s Chicken Pellets

Days
2 4 6 8
Ounces of Pellets remaining 39 33 27 21

Answer 1

The general equation for a linear graph is y = ax + b
a is the slope
a is just the difference between each number, which is -6 as the numbers are decreasing by 6 each time

Answer 2

use 2 of your sets of points....
(2,39).....x1 = 2 and y1 = 39
(4,33)...x2 = 4 and y2 = 33
now use the slope formula : (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)
now sub and solve

Answer 3

so the slope is as the day gap is 2 so slope = -6/2 = ?