What’s the slope of (9,3) and (2,11)

Alake near the arctic circle is covered by a sheet of ice during the cold winter months. when spring arrives, the ice starts to melt. s(t) models the ice sheet's thickness (in meters) as a function of time tt (in weeks). s(t)=-0.25t+4

Solve the equation 3x2 + 19x + 9 = 0 to the nearest tenth.

Ms. sutton recorded the word counts and scores of the top ten essays in a timed writing contest. the table shows her data. how does the word count of an essay relate to its score in the contest? word count tends to decrease as the score decreases. word count tends to increase as the score decreases. word count tends to remain constant as the score decreases. word count has no apparent relationship to the score of the essay.