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John ordered a large three topping pizza for $7.50 and a large 8 topping pizza for $10. Write an equation in slope intercept form to describe the situation.

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y=0.5x+6

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1


\begin{gathered} \text{large pizza(3 toppings)}\rightarrow7.5 \\ \text{large pizza( }8\text{ toppings)}\rightarrow10 \\ \text{then we have 2 points of the line} \\ (3,7.5) \\ (8,10) \end{gathered}

Step 2

find the slope

the slope is given by:


\begin{gathered} \text{slope}=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1) \\ \text{where} \\ P1(x_1,y_1) \\ P2(x_2,y_2) \end{gathered}

Let

P1(3,7.5)

P2(8,10)

replace


\begin{gathered} \text{slope}=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1) \\ \text{slope}=(10-7.5)/(8-3)=(2.5)/(5)=0.5 \\ \text{slope}=0.5 \end{gathered}

Step 3

usin P1 (3,7.5) ans m= 0.5 find the equation


\begin{gathered} y-y_1=m(x-x_0) \\ \text{replace} \\ y-7.5=0.5(x-3) \\ y-7.5=0.5x-1.5 \\ y=0.5x-1.5+7.5 \\ y=0.5x+6 \end{gathered}

I hope this helps you

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