The number of species of coastal dune plants in australia decreases as the latitude, in °s, increases. there are 34 species at 11°s and 26 species at 44°s.1 (a) find a formula for the number, n, of species of coastal dune plants in australia as a linear function of the latitude, l, in °s. round the slope to four decimal places and the intercept to two decimal places.

We have been given that the number of species of coastal dune plants in Australia decreases as the latitude, in °s, increases.

Further we know that there are 34 species at 11°s and 26 species at 44°s.

We can express the given information at two ordered pairs as shown below:

Let us find slope of the line through these points:

Therefore, we can write the equation of line in slope intercept form as:

Where b is the y intercept, and we can find its value using one of the two points.

Therefore, the required equation of the linear function is:

1/2*qr*rs

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