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What is the slope-intercept form of the function described by this table?


x 1 2 3 4
y 8 13 18 23

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Answer:  The required slope-intercept form of the function is [tex]y=5x+3.[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:  We are given to find the slope-intercept form of the function described by the following table :

x       1      2     3     4

y      8     13    18    23

From the above table, we have the values

y(1) = 8,  y(2) = 13,  y(3) = 18   and   y(4) = 23.

We know that the slope of a function passing through the points (a, b) and (c, d) is given by

[tex]m=\dfrac{d-b}{c-a}.[/tex]

So, if we consider the points (1, 8) and (2, 13), then the slope of the given function will be

[tex]m=\dfrac{13-8}{2-1}\\\\\Rightarrow m=5.[/tex]

Since the function passes through the point (1, 8), so its equation is

[tex]y-8=m(x-1)\\\\\Rightarrow y=5(x-1)+8\\\\\Rightarrow y=5x+3.[/tex]

Thus, the required slope-intercept form of the function is

[tex]y=5x+3.[/tex]

We want to find the linear equation from the data in the given table.

Our line is: y = 5*x + 3

A general line can be written in slope-intercept form as:

y = a*x + b

Where a is the slope and b is the y-intercept.

If we know that the line passes through two points (x₁, y₁) then the slope can be written as:

[tex]a = \frac{y_2 - y_1}{x_2 - x_1}[/tex]

So here we just need to use two of the points in the table.

We can use the first two:

(1, 8) and (2, 13).

The slope will be:

[tex]a = \frac{13 - 8}{2 - 1} = 5[/tex]

we get the line:

y = 5*x + b

To find the value of b, we can replace the values of one of the points in the equation, for example using the first point (1, 8) we get:

8 = 5*1 + b

8 - 5 = 3 = b

Finally, we can see that our equation is:

y = 5*x + 3

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