Which set of ordered pairs belongs to a linear function?

Answer:
C) (-6, -17), (-3, -13), (3, -5), (9, 3)
Step-by-step explanation:
You can plot the points on a graph and see which line up. That is what has been done below.
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Otherwise realize that the first x-difference is half the remaining x-differences. so points on a line will have a first y-difference that is half the others. That situation is only true for the pairs in choice C.
And for choice C, the y-differences are ...
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And for one of the bad choices (choice A), you get ...