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CAHSEE Math Statistics, Data, and Probability II: Drill 1 Problem 1. Which of the following tables best represents the relationship between the values of x and y in the equation y = 2x - 1?

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Statistics, Data Analysis, and Probability 6 / Data sets

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Here's an unshmoopy question you'll find on an exam somewhere in life...
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Which of the following tables best represents the relationship between the values of x and y in
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the equation y = 2x - 1? And here are the potential answers...
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This question is a kind of an 'efficiency test'...
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...in that we just have to try some numbers and see what works.

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Sorta how Congress spends money. Minus the "working" part.
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If x equals 1 then y equals 1 as well -- so just look for any other equation where we
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have 1 listed for both x and y.
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Nope... nope... nope... The only answer that fits is D, so that's our answer.
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D, as in, "Don't you just love congress?"
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