To check if the pair is on the graph, plug the x value into the x in the equation, and solve. If the solution to the equation matches the y value from your ordered pair, it’s on the graph, so mark “yes”. If the solution isn’t the same, it’s not on the graph, so mark “no”.
X~1.25. All you have to do is graph the function and see where the graph crosses the x-axis.
If you have learned how to find the line of best fit manually, then you can do it that way. Perhaps you may want to just find a line that can connect at least two of the points and I believe that that line will be able to represent the other points because, in general, the points are pretty close to one another.
If you don't want to do it manually and have a graphing calculator (which I recommend) then you can use that to find the line of best fit (and if you want then you can see how precise your points are with your r^2 value). Or there is a website (http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=4186), which you can use to help you to find the equation of that particular line.
Once you have that done, then you can substitute 2009 for the x value in the equation and then see what y value the equation produces. That will then be your answer :)
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The answer to this question is 50 because you have to multiply 100x50 and you get 5000
