If you distribute, then you get -10x+7.5
Note how -2.5 times 4x = -10x and how -2.5 times -3 = 7.5
The idea is that you multiply the outer term (-2.5) by each term inside
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According to the scatter plot given, and studying that, we get that the most likely number of trees planted in 12 hours will be 13 trees.
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First, you need to use the points to come up with a m (slope). To do this you must use the equation m= y2-y1/x2-x1. label the x in one pair of coordinates x1 and the y, y1. Then label the other x in the other pair of coordinates x2 and the y, y2. use the equation and figure the slope. Next, put the easiest coordinates into point-slope form. The equation you are to use is... y-y1=m(x-x1). Input the values and then distribute the m inside the parenthesis. Then you should be able to do the rest. The final product should be in slope-intercept form.
