On your paper, copy the table below and use your pattern skills to complete it.  Homework Help ✎

1. Explain in words what is done to the input value, $x$, to produce the output value, $y$.

   Hint (a):

   See the table above.

   The equation is $y=3x−2$.

   Answer (a):

   Multiply $x$ by $3$ and subtract $2$.

2. Explain the process you used to find the missing input values.

   Hint (b):

   How did you use the equation to solve for $x$?