A team is selling discount cards as a fundraiser. The table shows the number of cards sold and the remaining amount of money needed.

Question

A table showing Discount Cards Fundraiser with two columns and six rows. The first column, Cards Sold, has the entries, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50. The second column, Remainder of Goal, has the entries, $875, $795, $715, $635, $555.

Which word describes the slope of the line representing the data in the table?

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negative
positive

Answer 1

To determine the slope of the line representing the data in the table, we can analyze the trends in the two columns. As the number of cards sold increases (10, 20, 30, 40, 50), the remaining amount of money needed decreases ($875, $795, $715, $635, $555).

This indicates a negative relationship between the number of cards sold and the remaining money needed. Therefore, the word that describes the slope of the line representing the data in the table is:

negative.