Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Algebra 1, 2015
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Exercise 8 Page 190

Choose two points from the table to use the Slope Formula.

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We have been given the following table of values.

x 0 2 4 6
y 6 5 4 3
We will find the slope of the function represented by the table using the Slope Formula. m=y_2-y_1/x_2-x_1 In the formula, m represents the slope, and (x_1,y_1) and (x_2,y_2) represent two points that satisfy the function. Let's use (0,6) as our first point and (2,5) as our second point.
m=y_2-y_1/x_2-x_1
m=5- 6/2- 0
m=-1/2
m=-1/2
We found that the slope of the line represented by the given table is m=- 12.