Thursday, January 3, 2013

Find the slope of the linear function if f(2)=-9 and f(3)=9?

From enunciation, we conclude that we have two points (2,-9) and
(3,9) that are located on the graph of the linear function
f(x).


We'll write the linear function in the point slope
form:


f(x) = mx + n, where m is the slope and n is the y
intercept.


If f(2) = -9, we'll substitute x by 2 in the expression
of the linear function:


f(2) = 2m +
n


2m + n = -9


n = -9 - 2m
(1)


If f(3) = 9, we'll substitute x by 3 in the expression of the
linear function:


 f(3) = 3m + n


3m + n
= 9


n = 9 - 3m (2)


We'll put (1) =
(2):


-9 - 2m = 9 - 3m


We'll add 3m both
sides:


3m - 2m - 9 = 9


We'll add 9 both
sides:


m = 9 + 9


m =
18


The slope of the linear function is
m = 18.

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