Chapter 3.6, Problem 11G

To determine

To calculate: The slope of the line of the equation for the table containing the lengths of gold medal in the men`s Olympic long jump for the years from $1900$

to $2000$

where number of years are on x-axis and length on y-axis.

Year	x	Length (meters)
$1900$	$0$	$7.18$
$1912$	$12$	$7.60$
$1920$	$20$	$7.15$
$1932$	$32$	$7.64$
$1948$	$48$	$7.82$
$1960$	$60$	$8.12$
$1972$	$72$	$8.24$
$1980$	$80$	$8.54$
$1996$	$96$	$8.50$
$2000$	$100$	$8.55$