While negotiating to have a new facility built in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, a company promises to hire 700 workers initially, and then hire an additional 50 workers every four months. Write a linear equation that describes the number of employees (y) in terms of
the number of years after the initial hires are made (x).
Since they hire 50 employees every 4 months, that's 150 new employees per year, plus the initial 700. So, you multiply 150 by the number of years, add 700 to that, and it equals y.
