Question

The table shows three values of x and their corresponding values of f (x) for a linear function f, such that f (r) = 0 and f (0) = s, where r and s are constants. What is the value of rs?​

Answer 1

Using a linear function, it is found that the product rs is rs = 81.

What is a linear function?

A linear function is modeled by:

y = mx + b

In which:

• m is the slope, which is the rate of change, that is, by how much y changes when x changes by 1.

• b is the y-intercept, which is the value of y when x = 0, and can also be interpreted as the initial value of the function.

In this problem, when x changes by 68(from -64 to 68), y changes by -16(from 12 to -4), hence the slope is given by:

m = -16/64 = -0.25.

Hence:

y = -0.25x + b.

When x = 34, y = -4, hence this is used to find b.

-4 = -0.25(34) + b

b = 4.5.

Hence the function is:

y = -0.25x + 4.5.

f(r) = 0, hence:

-0.25x + 4.5 = 0

x = 4.5/0.25

x = 18

r = 18.

f (0) = s, hence s = 4.5.

Then the value of the product is:

rs = 18 x 4.5 = 81.

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