Josie has a tomato plant that comes back every summer, growing bigger and stronger than the year before. She has had the plant for five years, but has only
kept track of the number of tomatoes she has picked off the plant for the last
three years. This information is recorded in the table below: (6 points)
3
4
5
Number of Years
Josie has had the plant
Number of Tomatoes Josie
picked that year
38
50
62
a.
y=mx+b
Assuming the tomato plant continues to produce tomatoes at its current
rate, write a rule for the number of tomatoes the plant produces, using the
variables x and y. (8.F.2)