Let's assume the opposite is the case. So let's assume that a = b is true. If so, then f(a) and f(b) would be the same output. This is because we can replace 'b' with 'a', or vice versa. In other words, f(a) = f(b) would be true. But this contradicts the original inequality that f(b) < f(a)
So that is why 'a' cannot equal b. We don't know if a > b or if a < b (unless we are told if the function is strictly decreasing or increasing on the interval from x = a to x = b), so we just leave it as 
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The correct answer is D) 2
Median: To find the Median, place the numbers you are given in value order and find the middle number. Example: find the Median of {13, 23, 11, 16, 15, 10, 26}. Put them in order: {10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 23, 26} The middle number is 15, so the median is 15. (If there are two middle numbers, you average them.)
The median number of trips taken to the food store in 1 week is 2.
4 - 2 = 2
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25 meters would be the answer
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
Given :
Two points are given in graph (-6, -4) and {7, 5).
The point-slope form of the equation of a straight line is:
------------(1)
Let
and 
The slope of the line 
Put all known value in above equation.



The slope of the line 
We know m, and also know that
, so we put these value in equation 1.

Therefore, the equation of the line is
.
The slope is 1.
Step-by-step explanation: