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A town records the amount of snowfall each year in January. The median and mean January snowfall for the past 60 years is shown.
Which could be the graph of this snowfall data?
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y = mx + b
"m" is the slope, "b" is the y-intercept (the y value when x = 0)
To find the slope, you can use the slope formula and plug in the two points:
(3,63) = (x₁ , y₁)
(5,107) = (x₂, y₂)
m = 22
Now that you know m = 22, plug it into the equation:
y = mx + b
y = 22x + b
To find "b", plug in one of the points into the equation (I will do both points)
(3,63)
y = 22x + b
63 = 22(3) + b
63 = 66 + b Subtract 66 on both sides
-3 = b
(5,107)
y = 22x + b
107 = 22(5) + b
107 = 110 + b Subtract 110 on both sides
-3 = b
y = 22x - 3