What is the slope of the line shown below (-7, 2) (4,6)

What does independent variable and dependent variable mean in math?

The federal reserve controls certain interest rates in the united states. investors often try to speculate as to whether the federal reserve will raise or lower rates and by how much. suppose a company conducts extensive interviews with financial analysts, and as a result, predicts that "thefed" will increase rates by an average of 0.25 percentage points every six months for the forseeable future. which type of equation could be used to model the predicted interest rates over the next several years, assuming no other significant changes? a) a linear equation b) a quadratic equation c) a polynomial equation d) an exponential equation

Why can't my rank go i have 1723 points, but my rank is only at ambitious, which is only 250 points! like, (p.s. i know this isn't related to math, but i just don't know why it's doing this and i would really appreciate if someone could tell me whats going on with this)