Answer:
[tex]m=-2\ 000; q=17\ 000[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
First of all, whoever formatted that table is a criminal.
Now, slope first, it's the easiest: the slope in a table like that is the difference between two consecutive position: ie [tex]13\ 000 - 15\ 000[/tex] or [tex]11\ 000-13\ 000[/tex], being careful of subtracting the higher position (not value!) minus the lower, or right minus left. Your slope thus is [tex]-2 \ 000[/tex]. Intercept is found in two ways. One is writing the line in point slope form based on any two values and the slope we found, or since we're jumping integer to integer, you can look at the table in reverse and notice that if you go backwards (ie from 4 to 3 to 2 to 1) the value is increasing by 2000 every time. The intercept [tex]q[/tex]will be the value at 0, or 17 000
