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jakfishman:

plz help

jakfishman:

ramen:

Rate of change formula: y2-y1/x2-x1. Plug in any 2 coordinates from the table into this formula to get the answer. The key is to stay consistent in this formula. Does this help?

jakfishman:

im not shur if i understand

Laylalyssa:

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @jakfishman im not shur if i understand \(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{End of Quote}}\) sure*

mxddi3:

ok so you remember when i told you to plug in the numbers from 2 ordered pairs into the equation? this is what we are doing. choose two ordered pairs from the table. For this we can use (1,2) and (3,5) x1=1 y1=2 x2=3 y2=5 plug these into the equation ramen has provided you

jakfishman:

ohhh ok

ramen:

Ok I will walk you through it. Take the coordinates (3,5) (1,2). The formula is y2-y1/x2-x1. For the y2-y1 part, take the y of the first coordinate which is 5 and subtract that from the y of the second coordinate which is 2. So far you have 5-2/x2-x1. Then for the Xs, take the first x and subtract that from the second X. Now you have (5-2)/(3-1). What is the answer to this?

jakfishman:

1.5 ??

mxddi3:

don't simplify it. what did you get before you changed it to 1.5?

jakfishman:

3/2

mxddi3:

yes. good job. does it make sense how you got to your answer?

jakfishman:

yes thank you guy..

jakfishman:

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