Question

Solve problems by representing real-world situations with linear equations.
A graph has number of days on the x-axis and number of canned goods on the y-axis. A line goes through points (2, 699) and (8, 321).

Nicholas volunteers at a local soup kitchen and he notices how quickly the kitchen is going through its stock of canned goods. Below is the graph representing the data Nicholas found.


Find the slope and y-intercept of the line.

m =
b =

Answer 1

m = -63
b = 825