Given the following table showing the hourly wages of employees of a movie theater based on their length of employment.
<span>Length of employment (months) Hourly wage (dollars/hour)
6 months 7.55
12 months 7.85
18 months 8.15
24 months 8.45
To obtain an algebraic expression </span>that describes how much Bailey’s employer pays part-time workers, we take two points from the table.
Recall that the equation of a linear function satisfying two points
and 
is given by
Given the two points (6, 7.55) and (12, 7.85), the algebraic expression relating the two points is given by
Therefore, the <span>algebraic expression that describes how much Bailey’s employer pays part-time workers is
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<span>Length of employment (months) Hourly wage (dollars/hour)
6 months 7.55
12 months 7.85
18 months 8.15
24 months 8.45
To obtain an algebraic expression </span>that describes how much Bailey’s employer pays part-time workers, we take two points from the table.
Recall that the equation of a linear function satisfying two points
is given by
Given the two points (6, 7.55) and (12, 7.85), the algebraic expression relating the two points is given by
Therefore, the <span>algebraic expression that describes how much Bailey’s employer pays part-time workers is