Acar manufacturer is reducing the number of incidents with the transmission by issuing a voluntary recall. during week 3 of the recall, the manufacturer fixed 391 cars. in week 13, the manufacturer fixed 361 cars. assume that the reduction in the number of cars each week is linear. write an equation in function form to show the number of cars seen each week by the mechanic.
f(x) = 3x + 400
f(x) = 3x + 391
f(x) = −3x + 391
f(x) = −3x + 400

Astudent is determining the influence of different types of food on the growth rate of spiders. she feeds one group of spiders two caterpillars twice a week. the other group received similarly-sized beetles twice a week. she records the amount of time required for individuals to reach sexual maturity. her hypothesis is that the spiders feeding on caterpillars will have a faster growth rate because caterpillars have a higher protein content compared to beetles. in this experiment, what is the dependent variable? spiders assigned to different feeding groups. time required to reach sexual maturity number of prey items fed twice a week. growth rates of each group.