an employee at an arcade determined he could use the equation y=50-2x to predict the number of tokens a guest has, y, based on the number of minutes, x, the guest has been at the arcade. what is the meaning of the slope of the equation.

The rate at which how many tokens a person loses per minute.

Step-by-step explanation:

If we move around the terms in the equation to fit standard form, it will be easier to determine the slope.

y = 50 - 2x

y = -2x + 50

We know that the slope is the coefficient of the x variable, so m = -2 or .

Since the slope is negative, we know that the line will go down as x increases.  Since the slope is multiplied by the number of minutes x, we know that the slope represents the typical rate at which a guest spends tokens per minute. In simpler words, how many tokens a person loses every minute.

step-by-step explanation:

mean or average is 40.6