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Step-by-step explanation:

From the given machine diagram it is clear that:

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It is clear that the value of f(x) decreasing by 5 when the value of x is increasing by 1.

Since the function changing at a constant rate, therefore it represents a linear function.

If a linear function passing through two points, then the equation of line is

The given linear function passes through (1,-8) and (2,-13), therefore the linear equation is

So, the required function is .

stew reads at the fastest rate of 265 words per minute.

step-by-step explanation:

it's a given that felicia reads at 260 word per minute and on connie's graph we can see that she reads 200 words per minute. since stew's table tells us that he read 795 in 3 minutes, we can divide 795 by 3 to find out how many words he reads per minute.

795/3 = 265

stew reads 265 words per minute - he reads at the fastest rate since felecia reads at 260 words per minute and connie reads at 200 words per minute.

stew (265) > felecia (260) > connie (200)