SOLUTION: How would I translate this statement"after one hour they had two bird houses." into a linear equation? x represents the number of hours and y represents the number of bird houses.

Question 915249: How would I translate this statement"after one hour they had two bird houses." into a linear equation? x represents the number of hours and y represents the number of bird houses. I think it translates into x= 2 but im not sure.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Not much to use. You have two numbers. 1 hour, and 2 birdhouses. Assuming these have linear relationship, give variables to time and to birdhouses.

y, count of the birdhouses
x, count of time in hours
x=0 may correspond to y=0, meaning initially, no birdhouses. Vertical change was 2 for y and 1 for x, so ....
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