1) There were 120 customers per night when the restaurant opened
2) y = -2x + 24
Step-by-step explanation:
1) x represents the # of months since a restaurant opened, and y represents the average number of nightly customers.
y=mx+b
120 is <em>b</em> in this situation, which is the y-intercept of the line. This means that 120 is the starting number of customers when the restaurant first opened.
