Answer:
[tex]y = -3x+4[/tex]
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Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1: Rate of Change
A linear equation means that the y value changes at a constant rate as x increases by 1.
To find the rate of change you need to plug 2 ordered pairs into the formula:
[tex]\frac{y1-y2}{x1-x2}[/tex]
(x1,y1) can be any data point on this table. To make it easy, we will make it (2,-2).
(x2,y2) can be any data point other than the previously chosen point. So, we will choose (-1,7).
If we substitute this into the formula, previously mentioned, we get:
[tex]\frac{-2-7}{2-(-1)}[/tex]
When we solve this, we get the rate of change as -3.
This will be the "m" value in the linear equation format:
"y = mx+b"
Step 2: B value
The b value is the y-value of the data when x = 0.
So to get the b-value, you need to plug in one ordered pair into the "y=mx +b" equation.
"m" was the rate of change, which we found in the previous step.
Let's use (2,-2) as the chosen ordered pair.
By substitution, we end up with:
[tex]-2=-3(2)+b[/tex]
If we solve this out, we get:
[tex]b = 4[/tex]
Step 3: Putting it all together
m was -3 and b is now 4.
So, putting this into the equation "y = mx+b"
We get our answer as [tex]y=-3x+4[/tex].
