document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=83717>Question 83717</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi! I have a question on how to work this problem. I know what the answer would be if they said what temperature would it be after 3 hours, but I do not even know what a linear relationship is. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The problem: Write a linear relationship that describes the out side temperature, T, as a function of the number of hours since 8:00am., h. At 8:00am the outside temperature was 76(degrees)F and each hour the temperature rose 3 degrees.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks for your help,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Melissa </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "T(h) = 3(h-8) + 76<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This means \"The termperature h hours after 8:00 is 3 times the number <BR>\n" );
document.write( "of hours + 76\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A linear relationship is one that can be written in the form y = mx+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept of the graph of the equation.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.  </SPAN>\n" );
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