Question

Help please!! Find the slope of the line represented by the table of values.

Answer 1

So slope is change in y over change in x.

You start by finding the change in y by subtracting two y values. Remember which ones you use, as you have to use the corresponding x values for the next step. Let’s use 5 and 0, which subtracted is 5.

The change in x is subtracting two x values, and since we used 5 and 0 as our x values we have to use -2 and 1 for our x values.
-2 - 1 = -3, so change in x is -3.

The formula for slope is change in y over change in x, so we get 5/-3, or -1 and 2/3 if you want a mixed number.