Predicting Values: Once you have a linear equation that represents a relationship, you can use it to predict values. For example, if you know the cost of producing a certain number of items, you can ...

Building on two centuries' experience, Taylor & Francis has grown rapidly over the last two decades to become a leading international academic publisher. The Group publishes over 800 journals and over ...

Matching linear equations with their corresponding graphs is a fundamental skill in algebra and a crucial stepping stone for understanding more complex mathematical concepts. This exercise not only ...

I've been grading calculus exams this week, and even though my students did quite well overall there were a couple of errors that I see every semester. Errors that make mathematicians' heads explode.

Data is rarely so uniform and predictable that plotting data points creates a perfectly linear arrangement. Scatter charts might have wildly varying plots that create a seemingly random correlation ...