Amedical clinic is reducing the number of incoming patients by giving vaccines before flu season. during week 5 of flu season, the clinic saw 90 patients. in week 10 of flu season, the clinic saw 60 patients. assume the reduction in the number of patients each week is linear. write an equation in function form to show the number of patients seen each week at the clinic.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's call y the number of patients treated each week

Let's call x the week number.

If the reduction in the number of patients each week is linear then the equation that models this situation will have the following form:

Where m is the slope of the equation and b is the intercept with the x-axis.

If we know two points on the line then we can find the values of m and b.

We know that During week 5 of flu season, the clinic saw 90 patients, then we have the point:

(5, 90)

We know that In week 10 of flu season, the clinic saw 60 patients, then we have the point:

(10, 60).

Then we can find m and b using the followings formulas:

  and

In this case: and

Then:

And

Finally the function that shows the number of patients seen each week at the clinic is:

c. prove the lengths are the same.

step-by-step explanation:

you need to prove the segments are congruent. congruent segments have the same length. find the lengths of the segments using the distance formula, and compare them.

answer: c. prove the lengths are the same.

none of the above.

for one of the equations to be used in the process, there has to be a term in the equation since squared is .

since there is only a term in the first equation, we cannot derive a from completing the square.

solving with completing the square