document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=761696>Question 761696</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Here is part of the table of a linear function. Figure out an equation for the<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4 17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5 19<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Explain in words how you determined the equation. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "function.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5 19<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Explain in words how you determined the equation.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Form: y = mx + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope = (19-17)/(5-4) = 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for y,m,x and solve for \"b\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17 = 2*4 + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 2x + 9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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