
Kenneth S. answered 03/15/18
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What you have is an equation, with two variables.
You could solve for y, obtaining what is called a LINEAR FUNCTION: y = (17-x)/7.
y is considered to be the dependent variable; its values depend on what x values are used.
The graph is a straight line.