document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1204992>Question 1204992</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The director of a baseball camp estimates that 100 students will enroll if the tuition is $250. For each $20 increase in tuition, eight fewer students will enroll. Determine a linear function that will predict the number of students (y) who will enroll at a given tuition (x). </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #841569 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=841569\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Question asks for a linear function.  Description describes one point and a slope.    Those go this way.  A point (x,y) is  (250, 100), and slope is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-8%2F20=-4%2F10=-2%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-8%2F20=-4%2F10=-2%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, you know what to do with this, if you may start with the point-slope form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve and simplify this for y, in the form of y=mx+b. </SPAN>\n" );
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