Question

Is the relationship shown by the data linear? If so, model the data with an equation. x= -7, -5, -3 ,-1 , y = 5, 9, 13, 17

Answer 1

The data is linear as the x and y are both increasing at a set amount.
X increases by 2 each time Y increases by 4.
Our slope would be 2x because every time x goes up 1 y goes up 2.
With that knowledge I can figure that if you increased the point -1,17 by the slope to get 0,21 that would be the y intercept.
Thus the equation should be y=2x+21