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Brayden is saving money to buy a new bike after 2 weeks he saved $180 after 4 weeks he saved $260 write an equation that can be used to model the number of dollars y braden saves over x weeks write your answer in slope intercept form do not include any spaces in your answer

Answer :

The slope-intercept form is

[tex]y=mx+b[/tex]

m is the slope

b is the y-intercept (value y at x = 0)

Since y represents the amount of money he saves and x represents the number of weeks, then

x = 2 and y = 180

x = 4 and y = 260

We will use them to find the slope

[tex]m=\frac{y2-y1}{x2-x1}[/tex]

Substitute y2 by 260 and y1 by 180, x2 by 4, and x1 by 2

[tex]\begin{gathered} m=\frac{260-180}{4-2} \\ m=\frac{80}{2} \\ m=40 \end{gathered}[/tex]

The equation is

[tex]y=40x+b[/tex]

To find b substitute x by 2 and y by 180

[tex]\begin{gathered} 180=40(2)+b \\ 180=80+b \end{gathered}[/tex]

Subtract 80 from both sides

[tex]\begin{gathered} 180-80=80-80+b \\ 100=b \end{gathered}[/tex]

The equation is

[tex]y=40x+100[/tex]

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