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Marcus has his car insurance payment directly withdrawn from his savings account. One month after starting the payment, he had $915 in savings. Nine months after starting the payment, he had $235. Assume Marcus made no other deposits or withdrawals from the account. If the relationship between months and the amount of money in Marcus’s account is linear, what is the slope?

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The slope of a line is given that passes through the points (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) is given by:

[tex]m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}[/tex]

In this case we know that:

After one month the account has $915, this can be represented by the point (1,915)

After nine months the account has $235, this can be represented by the point (9,235).

Plugging these two points in the expression for the slope we have:

[tex]\begin{gathered} m=\frac{235-915}{9-1} \\ m=\frac{-680}{8} \\ m=-85 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Therefore, the slope is -85.

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