Wren recorded an outside temperature of –2°F at 8 a.m. When she checked the temperature again, it was 4°F at 12:00 p.m. If x represents the time and y represents the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, what is the slope of the line through these two data points?

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Mercury · Answer

x represents time, y represents temperature so the points can be translated as (8, -2) and (12,-4) use the slope formula on these two points slope formula: https://calcworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/slope-formula.png