What is the minimum number of points needed to determine the equation of a line containing those points ?

Find the sum of the following series. round to the nearest hundredth if necessary.

Ricardo ran the 400 meter race 3 times his fastest time was 54.3 seconds his slowest time was 56.1 seconds if his average time was 55.0 seconds what was his time for the third race

Tim's phone service charges $26.39 plus an additional $0.21 for each text message sent per month. if tim's phone bill was $31.64, which equation could be used to find how many text messages, x, tim sent last month?