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Hello!

The answer is:

The correct option is the first option:


y=-4x+64

Why?

To write the equation of the line in slope-interception form we need to extract all the information that we need from the graphic.

We must remember that the slope-interception form of the lines is:


y=mx+b

Where,

y, is the function

m, is the slope of the line

x, is the variable

b, is the y-axis intercept

We can find the slope using the following formula:


m=(ChangeInY)/(ChangeInX)

Which is for this case:


m=(64)/(16)=4

As we can see from the graphic, the line is decresing, so the sign of the slope "m" will be negative, so:


m=-4

We can find the value of "b" seeing where the line intercepts the y-axis.

As we can see it intercept the y-axis at:
y=64

Then, now that we already know the value of "m" and "b", we can write the equation of the line:


y=mx+b=-4x+64\\y=-4x+64

So, the correct option is the first option:


y=-4x+64

Have a nice day!

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