1.3 Exercise Set

In each of Exercises 14, the table of data lists input–output values for a function. Answer the following questions for each table.

  1. Is the change in the inputs x the same?

  2. Is the change in the outputs y the same?

  3. Is the function linear?

  1. 1.

    x y
    −3  7
    −2 10
    −1 13
      0 16
      1 19
      2 22
      3 25
  2. 2.

    x y
    20  12.4
    30  24.8
    40  49.6
    50  99.2
    60 198.4
    70 396.8
    80 793.6
  3. 3.

    x y
    11 3.2
    26 5.7
    41 8.2
    56 9.3
    71 11.3
    86 13.7
    101 19.1
  4. 4.

    x y
    2 −8
    4 −12
    6 −16
    8 −20
    10 −24
    12 −28
    14 −32

Find the slope of the line containing the given points.

  1. 5.

  2. 6.

  3. 7.

  4. 8.

  5. 9.

  6. 10.

  7. 11. (9, 4) and (−1, 2)

  8. 12. (−3, 7) and (5, −1)

  9. 13. (4, ...

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