Find the y-intercept of the line.
The y-intercept is when x = 0.
It looks like y increases 9 for every time x increases by 12.
So continue the colums in the direction that leads to x = 0.
x y
0 – 26 <<—— the y-intercept at (0, –26)
12 – 17
24 – 8
36 1
48 10
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