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Write the equation of the line passing through the points (10, 50) and (25, 20).

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To write the equation, we need the slope and y-intercept.

Remember that slope is the same as rate of change

or the change in y over the change in x.

Start by setting up a table with x and y values

which I have provided below.

Filling out our table, our given points are (10, 50) and (25, 20).

In the y column, we can see that the value of y

goes from 50 to 20 so it decreases by -30.

This means that the change in y is -30.

In the x column, we can see that the value of x goes from 10 to 25

so it increases by 15 which means that the change in x is 15.

So the rate of change is -30/15 which simplifies to -2.

To find b, we can use any ordered pair

in our table as the values for x and y.

Let's use the first ordered pair.

So we have 50 = -2(10) + b.

Solving from here, we get 50 = -20 + b.

Now add 20 to both sides to get 70 = b.

So if our slope is -2 and our y-intercept is 70,

we can substitute these values into our formula.

This gives us y = -2x + 70.

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