document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1126550>Question 1126550</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I know that the table represents a linear function, but I'm having difficulty coming up the linear equation that models the data.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x:	 0	5	10	15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(x):	-6	9	24	39\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My answers so far have been: -3x+5, 3x+5, 5x+3, and 5x+ 15.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #742862 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=742862\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> looks like the slope is 3.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "change in y divided by change in x = 15/5 = 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y-intercept is -6 (value of y when value of x is equal to 0.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "equation should be y = 3x - 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "when x = 0, y = -6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "when x = 5, y = 15 - 6 = 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "when x = 10, y = 30 - 6 = 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "when x = 15, y = 45 - 6 = 39\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that's your solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope intercept form of the equation of a straight line is y = mx + b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m is the slope<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b is the y-intercept\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope is change in y / change in x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your data fits the equation of y = 3x - 6.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "here's a graph of the equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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