Omit the the zeros, i.e. work in thousands of shirt
(16 - 33)/(55 - 4) = -1/3 = (n-33) / (p-4) => p = -3n + 103
This problem is simply asking you to compute the equation of a straight line through the points (55,16) and (33,4). The left side of the equation above is simply the slope of the line.