Answer: Choice B

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This points us to answer choice B
The answer is going to be 9. Hope that helped.
Start on -7 since it is the y intercept(b). 4/1 is the slope. So from seven you would go up 4 right 1.
This should be recognized as the difference of perfect squares which is of the form:
(a^2-b^2) and the difference of squares always factors to:
(a-b)(a+b) in this case:
(3x-8)(3x+8)
A common ratio for that sequence is r = 5/1