The table below shows the number of yards the students walked during recess today.

Minutes
10
20
30
40
Distance (yards)
400
600
800
1000
Find the linear model for this data and tell what the slope means.

Question

The table below shows the number of yards the students walked during recess today.

Minutes
10
20
30
40
Distance (yards)
400
600
800
1000
Find the linear model for this data and tell what the slope means.

Mercury · Answer

take any two points from the table ex: (10, 400) and (20, 600) and apply the slope formula to get slope. from there, set up y = mx + b using any point from the table, along with the m-value from before, and calculate the y-intercept b to find the complete linear model

now, in terms of what the slope means; notice your independent and dependent variables. slope = change in the dependent variable per 1 unit change in the indepedent variable