Objective:
- Determine the slope of a line given a table of values
How do we determine the slope of a line given a table of values?
Given a table of values,
we can determine the slope of a line by finding the change in the y values divided by the change in the x values. In other words,
This can also be written as,
Example
Given the following table of values, determine the slope:
As seen above, the slope is still 2. Hence, it doesn't matter which two points I choose!
Horizontal and Vertical Lines
Practice
Determine the slope given the following table of values:
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