Eliminate the negative exponents and simplify

What is the pattern in the values as the exponents increase?

It is saturday morning and jeremy has discovered he has a leak coming from the water heater in his attic. since plumbers charge extra to come out on the weekends, jeremy is planning to use buckets to catch the dripping water. he places a bucket under the drip and steps outside to walk the dog. in half an hour the bucket is 1/5 of the way full. what is the rate at which the water is leaking per hour?

What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (–9, 2) and (0, 4)? the slope of the line is