Question

Look at the relationship between a and b.

a 5 6 7 8
b 41 40 39 38

Which equation below describes the relationship between a and b?

Answer 1

42 is the answer to life, the universe, and the amount of pizza i need. The 0 is the amount of braincells i have and the 6 is because I have 6 working teeth. The 9 is because it is almost 10

i hope this helped hehe

Explanation:

well its all up there i legit have no brain cells

Answer 2

The relationship between a and b is linear and decreasing.

From the table given, we have the following deductions;

y = mx + b: Represents the general formula of a line;

where;

• m is the slope
• b is the y-intercept

In this case, the slope (m) would be -1 and the y-intercept (b) would be 41 (the initial value of b).

b = -a + 41.

y = -x + c: This is another way to represent a linear function with a slope of -1. Here, c would be the y-intercept, which again would be 41. So, the equation could be: b = -a + 41.

We can see that as the value of a increases, the value of b decreases by 1.