Answer to Question #55755 in Algebra for Butch DeLoria

Question

One of the tables below contains (x,y) values that were generated by a linear function. Determine which table, and then write the equation of the linear function represented by the table.

Table # 1
X 2 5 8 11 14 17 20
Y 1 3 7 13 21 31 43


Table # 2
X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Y 10 13 18 21 26 29 34


Table # 3 X 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Y 1 6 11 16 21 26 31