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A table of values of a linear function is shown below

A table of values of a linear function is shown below-example-1
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We are given a table of values of a line function.

The y-intercept of a line is the point where the line intercepts the y-axis. At this point, the value of "x" is zero.

From the table, we look in the row for the x-values the entry for zero. The associated value to that entry is the y-intercept, therefore, we have:


y-intercept=7

To determine the slope we will use the following formula:


m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)

Where:


\begin{gathered} (x_1,y_1);(x_2,y_2) \\ \end{gathered}

are values in the table. We choose the first two values:


\begin{gathered} (x_1,y_1)=(0,7) \\ (x_2,y_2)=(1,4) \end{gathered}

Substituting the values we get:


m=(4-7)/(1-0)

Solving the operations:


m=-3

Therefore, the slope is -3

To determine the equation of the line we use the slope-intercept form of a line equation:


y=mx+b

Where "m" is the slope, and "b" is the y-intercept.

Substituting we get:


y=-3x+7

And thus we get the equation of the line.

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