Ari’s chickens eat their pellets at a constant rate throughout each day.
What is the slope of the line that represents the ounces of pellets eaten?
Ari’s Chicken Pellets
Days 2 4 6 8
Ounces of Pellets remaining 39 33 27 21
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the general equation for a linear graph is y = ax + b a is the slope a is just the difference between each number, which is -6 as the numbers are decreasing by 6 each time so the slope is -6
