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(Julia Spandorfer) The number of teeth of an average child in months are related by a linear function. According to the published reports, an average child has no teeth at six months. After that age the child's teeth begin a slow and steady growth. The average 30 month old child has 20 teeth and has completed the growing cycle of his first set of teeth.

1. What are the two ordered pairs in this question? Which variavle is dependent and which is independent? The ordered pairs are (0, 6) and (20, 30). The dependent variable is the amount of teeth and the independent variable is how many months old the child is. 2. What is the equation for this problem? 3. According to your equation, ow old is a child that has 6 teeth? A child is 20.4 months old. 4. How many teeth will a child have at 8 months? The child will have .83 teeth at 8 months old.