We use the equation of a staright line
We can conside the points
[tex]\begin{gathered} (3,44)(5,60) \\ y=mx+c \\ m=\frac{60-44}{5-3} \\ m=8 \\ \\ y=mx+c \\ y=8x+20 \end{gathered}[/tex]
c= intercept on y-axis
The interpretation of the line y=8x+20 is explained as follows
1. It takes 20 mins for the equipment to warm up. As c refers to the starting point
2. x= number of items , y= production time
plug in x=1 , y= 28
x=2 , y= 36
x=3 , y=44
We will therefore conclude that the gradient denote the constant increment.That is , as the number of items increases by 1, the production time increses by 8.
Observe the y -values differ consistently by 8