To solve this problem, we first have to find the slope of the two given points. To find the slope, we have to use slope intercept form, which is y₂ - y₁ divided by x₂ - x₁. We substitute each variable for its corresponding value, and we'll get -2 - (-3) divided by 4-1. If we simplify the expression, we'll get 1/3. Next, we plug in the slope and one ordered pair into the equation and we get -3 = 1/3 * 1 + b. We should solve for b and we end up with -3 1/3 = b. Therefore, the equation is y = 1/3x - 3 1/3.
Per capita just means per unit of population, or per person. This question is asking how many cell phones there were in the United States per person in 2014. We can use simple division to determine that the answer is 327.6/317.9 or about 1.03 when rounded to the nearest hundredth.
