Alex and Jesse are baking holiday muffins. On day one, they baked five muffins, on day two, they baked 11 muffins, and on day three, they baked 17 muffins. What is the slope for this arithmetic sequence?(1 point)

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6
6

1
1

−1
negative 1

−6

Answer 1

To find the slope (or common difference) of the arithmetic sequence represented by the number of muffins baked each day, we can calculate the difference between the number of muffins baked on each consecutive day.

1. Day 1 to Day 2: \( 11 - 5 = 6 \)
2. Day 2 to Day 3: \( 17 - 11 = 6 \)

The common difference (slope) of the sequence is 6.

Therefore, the answer is 6.