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A ball thrown in space where there is virtually zero gravity would travel in a straight line at a constant speed. The data below was collected.

Time (s)Distance (ft)105.700.28.50.516.60.722.01.543.6\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Time (s)} & \text{Distance (ft)} \\ \hline 10 & 5.70 \\ 0.2& 8.5 \\ 0.5& 16.6 \\ 0.7& 22.0 \\ 1.5& 43.6 \end{array}

Find an equation giving the distance traveled as a function of time.

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We can use the two-point form formula to identify the line with two points which can be expressed by the equation:

yy1xx1=y2y1x2x1\begin{aligned} \frac{y-y_1}{x-x_1}=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1} \end{aligned}

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