document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=809254>Question 809254</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> My daughter came home from school with math homework and we need help because honestly i don't get it either. so it says Each set of ordered pairs represents a function.Write a rule that represents the function. The ordered pairs are (0,0) (1,0.5) (2,2) (3,4.5) (4,8). Please help because it is due on Friday. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #487465 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=TimothyLamb><B>TimothyLamb(4379)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=TimothyLamb><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=TimothyLamb><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=487465\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Your ordered pairs can be put into an x,y list list so:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0, 0, 1, 0.5, 2, 2, 3, 4.5, 4, 8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you plot your ordered pairs on a graph, the points are close to being on a line, but are not perfectly linear.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the proper way to handle this is to do a linear regression over your ordered pairs, which you can easily do by copying and pasting the above x,y list into this page:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "https://sooeet.com/math/linear-regression.php<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "user the slope (m) and y-intercept (b) from the result given by that page, and plug them into this equation:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = mx + b<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "when you plug the resulting m and b into the above equation, you have the answer.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve and graph linear equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "https://sooeet.com/math/linear-equation-solver.php<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve quadratic equations, quadratic formula:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "https://sooeet.com/math/quadratic-formula-solver.php<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Convert fractions, decimals, and percents:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "https://sooeet.com/math/fraction-decimal-percent.php<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Calculate and graph the linear regression of any data set:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "https://sooeet.com/math/linear-regression.php </SPAN>\n" );
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