If the function y=xa-31 is a linear function, what is the value of a

What are the coordinates of the point is 1/4 of the way from a (-6, -3) to b (6, 1)? a. (-3, -2) b. (0, -2) c. (-1, 0) d. (3, 2)

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In a test for esp (extrasensory perception), a subject is told that cards only the experimenter can see contain either a star, a circle, a wave, or a square. as the experimenter looks at each of 20 cards in turn, the subject names the shape on the card. a subject who is just guessing has probability 0.25 of guessing correctly on each card. a. the count of correct guesses in 20 cards has a binomial distribution. what are n and p? b. what is the mean number of correct guesses in 20 cards for subjects who are just guessing? c. what is the probability of exactly 5 correct guesses in 20 cards if a subject is just guessing?