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Please Help!!! Determine the intercepts of the line that corresponds to the following table of values.

Please Help!!! Determine the intercepts of the line that corresponds to the following-example-1
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Answer:

y-intercept is (0,30); x-intercept is (52.5,0).

Explanation:

Note that as x increases by 7 from -35 to -28, y decreases by 4 from 18 to 14. Thus, the slope of this line is

m = rise / run = -4/7.

Let's find the equation of the line. Start with the slope-intercept form:

y = mx + b. Use the slope m = -4/7 and the point (-28, 14) to find b:

14 = -(4/7)(28) + b, or

14 = -16 + b. Then b = 30, and the equation of the line in slope-intercept form is y = (-4/7)x + 30. The y-intercept is (0, 30).

Find the x-intercept by setting y=0 and solving the resulting equation for x:

y = (-4/7)x + 30 becomes (4/7)x = 30, and x = (7/4)(30) = 214, or 52.5.

The x-intercept is thus (52.5, 0).

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