Question

HELP PLEASE!!

Can anyone help me with this, I have tried several different ways I still can seem to get it.
A detective notes that 118 burglaries were reported through May of this year
a. Create an equation that expresses the number of burglaries as a function of time (in months).
b. Use this equation to estimate the number of burglaries through the end of the year.

Answer 1

we have 2 points of reference ...

(0,jan) and (118,may)

form a line from the 2 points

Answer 2

well, 0 might be for the begining of the year, day1

how many months does it take to get to may?

Answer 3

5 MONTHS

Answer 4

then in 5 months there have been 118 burglars

for an average of 118/5 per month,

what can we do with this rate of change?

Answer 5

THIS IS WERE I AM CONFUSED

Answer 6

if 118/5 burglars happen in 1 month, then how many happen in 3 months? in 5 months? in 12 months?

think about it.

Answer 7

\[burglars=\frac{burglars}{month}*month\]
\[burglars=burglars*\cancel{\frac{month}{month}}^{=1}\]

Answer 8

OK SO 118*1