Answer:
m (slope) = -1/10; the slope means that every 1/10 minute the candle goes down 1/100 centimeters OR every 10 minutes the candle goes down 1 centimeter; the y intercept is how tall the candle is at the beginning
Step-by-step explanation:
to find the slope of this line we can simply use the (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1) formula
that gives us
(0 - 25) / (250 - 0)
or
-25/250
or
-1/10
the slope means that every 1/10 minute the candle goes down 1/100 centimeters OR every 10 minutes the candle goes down 1 centimeter
the y intercept is how tall the candle is at the beginning
