To get the equation of the line graph, first, we have to find its slope. The slope of a line that passes through points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) is computed as follows:
[tex]m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}[/tex]
From the picture, the line passes through the points (0,0) and (10, 1), then its slope is:
[tex]m=\frac{1-0}{10-0}=\frac{1}{10}_{}[/tex]
The slope-intercept form of a line is:
y = mx + b
where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.
From the graph, the line intersects the y-axis at y = 0, this means that b = into
the equation. Therefore, the equation is:
y = 1/10x
where x is distance (in inches) and y is time (in minutes).
To find how long it takes the snail to crawl 86 inches, we have to replace x = 86 into te equation as follows:
[tex]\begin{gathered} y=\frac{1}{10}\cdot86 \\ y=8.6 \end{gathered}[/tex]
The snail takes 8.6 minutes to crawl 86 inches
