so we have a table of values, with x,y coordinates, so let's use any two of those points to get the slope of the table and use the point-slope form to get its equation
[tex]~\hspace{2.7em}\stackrel{\textit{let's use}}{\downarrow }\qquad \stackrel{\textit{and this}}{\downarrow }\\\begin{array}{|lr|r|r|r|r|}\cline{1-6}x&0&1&2&3&4\\y&-1&3&7&11&15\\\cline{1-6}\end{array}\\\\[-0.35em]\rule{34em}{0.25pt}\\\\(\stackrel{x_1}{1}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{3})\qquad(\stackrel{x_2}{4}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{15})[/tex]
[tex]\stackrel{slope}{m}\implies\cfrac{\stackrel{rise}{\stackrel{y_2}{15}-\stackrel{y1}{3}}}{\underset{run}{\underset{x_2}{4}-\underset{x_1}{1}}}\implies \cfrac{12}{3}\implies 4\\\\\\% point-slope intercept\begin{array}{|c|ll}\cline{1-1}\textit{point-slope form}\\\cline{1-1}\\y-y_1=m(x-x_1)\\\\\cline{1-1}\end{array}\implies y-\stackrel{y_1}{3}=\stackrel{m}{4}(x-\stackrel{x_1}{1})\\\\\\y-3=4x-4\implies y = 4x-1\implies \blacktriangleright y = 4x+(-1)\blacktriangleleft[/tex]
