If f ( x ) is a linear function, f ( − 4 ) = − 4 , and f ( 4 ) = − 1 , find an equation for f ( x ) .

Emily works as a painter. for each job, it takesher 30 minutes to prepare an interior wall ofa house before she paints and 2 minutes persquare yard to paint that will. the graph belowshows the total time it would take her to do a job,based on the total area of the wallhow long does it take her to do a job when she paints a wall with an area of 15 square yards?