Question

The points in the table lie on a line. What is the slope of the line?

Answer 1

8-1 divided by -8--2

Which is -7/6

Answer 2

Answer:

slope = - $\frac{7}{6}$

Step-by-step explanation:

Calculate the slope m using the slope formula

m = $\frac{y_{2}-y_{1} }{x_{2}-x_{1} }$

with (x₁, y₁ ) = (- 8, 8) and (x₂, y₂ ) = (4, - 6) ← 2 ordered pairs from the table

m = $\frac{-6-8}{4+8}$ = $\frac{-14}{12}$ = - $\frac{7}{6}$