SOLUTION: Suppose a major league baseball player has hit 4 home runs in the first 13 games, and he keeps up this pace throughout the 162-game season. Express y, the number of home runs, in t

Question 489887: Suppose a major league baseball player has hit 4 home runs in the first 13 games, and he keeps up this pace throughout the 162-game season. Express y, the number of home runs, in terms of x, the number of games played. (Give your answer in slope-intercept form.)
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Suppose a major league baseball player has hit 4 home runs in the first 13 games, and he keeps up this pace throughout the 162-game season. Express y, the number of home runs, in terms of x, the number of games played. (Give your answer in slope-intercept form.)
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Standard form of an equation for a straight line: y=mx+b, m=slope, b=y-intercept
For given problem:
slope=4/13
equation:
y=(4/13)x+b
To find b, the y-intercept, set x=0, then solve for y.
When x=0, no games have been played so y=0=b
Equation in slope-intercept form: y=4x/13
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