SOLUTION: The first month a company was open, it had 2 employees. At the end of 6 months, the company had 10 employees. If the number of employees increases at a steady rate, write an equati
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Question 1055390: The first month a company was open, it had 2 employees. At the end of 6 months, the company had 10 employees. If the number of employees increases at a steady rate, write an equation that illustrates this situation.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Plot = time in months on the horizontal axis
Plot = the number of employees at the end
of months on the vertical axis
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You are given 2 points on a straight line:
( t,E ) = ( 1, 2 ) and ( 6, 10 )
Use the general point-slope formula
Multiply both sides by
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check answer:
Does it go through ( 1,2 ) ?
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Does it go through ( 6, 10 )
OK
