James just began a job as a nurse. he is given a starting salary of $66,640 per year. he is also told that his salary will increase to $73,400 in 8 years. assume that x = the years worked and y = salary in dollars. using this information, find the following answers: what is the rate of change of james’ salary? instructions: find the slope by first creating two points in the form (years, salary), and then calculate the slope using the correct slope formula.