Answer:
y = (2/3)x + 1/3
Step-by-step explanation:
Check that a single straight line will actually go through all four of these points. Going from (1, 1) to (4, 3), the 'rise' is 2 and the 'run' is 3, which would make the slope, m, equal rise/run = 2/3. Going from (4,3) to (10, 7), m = rise/run = 4/6 = 2/3 (again).
Let's find the slope-intercept form of the equation of this line: y = mx + b
Arbitrarily choose the point (1, 1). Here x = 1, y = 1 and m = 2/3. Then
we have
1 = (2/3)(1) + b, or 1 = 2/3 + b, so that b must be 1/3.
The equation in question is y = (2/3)x + 1/3
