Agroup of men and women were given a maze puzzle. the time it took each person to solve the puzzle is recorded in the table. completion time for men (seconds) completion time for women (seconds) 285 285 120 335 185 251 76 88 172 131 220 54 147 217 277 94 285 270 337 94 75 77 160 178 140 180 257 223 264 177 204 112 80 230 121 188 79 108 364 119 256 205 94 88 97 180 125 103 85 122 176 337 136 the sample size of men is , and the sample size of women is . the mean time taken by to solve the puzzle is less than that taken by . nextreset

The Answer Is

The sample size of men is , and the sample size of women is The mean time taken by to solve the puzzle is less than that taken by

the required function is .

step-by-step explanation:

from the given table it is noticed that the graph passing through (-3,7), (0,4), (3,1) and (8,-4).

it is a linear function because the value of y is decrease by one as the value of x increase by 1.

the slope of the function is

the slope of the function is -1 and the y-intercept is 4.

the slope intercept form is

where, m is slope and b is y-intercept.

therefore the required function is . the graph of this function is shown below.