SOLUTION: Please explain how to do this kind of problem; I'm not sure what to do: Find the linear function given f(2)=-3 and f(-4)=7.
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Question 1050568: Please explain how to do this kind of problem; I'm not sure what to do: Find the linear function given f(2)=-3 and f(-4)=7. Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Since , you know that when , the value of the function is -3, which is to say . Hence, the point is on the graph of your function. Similarly, the point is also on the graph of your function. Use the two-point form of an equation of a straight line (straight line because you are trying to derive a linear function), to derive an equation of the line.
where and are the coordinates of the given points.
Plug in your values, simplify and then replace with or or or TheArtistThatWasFormerlyKnownAsPrince(x)...you get the idea.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
