How do i rewrite this in function form ?

James adds two numbers a + b. sally adds the same two numbers but reverse the order b + a what property of addition assures us that james and sally will get the same sum

[10 points, algebra 2]according to my answer key the restrictions are -1 and 4. but why not positive 1?

The customer price index(cpi), which measures the cost of a typical package of customer goods, was 208.8 in 2011 and 244.1 in 2016.let x=11 corresponding to the year 2011 an estimate to cpi into 2013 and 2014. assume that the data can be modeled by a straight line and the trend to continue idenfinitely. use data points to find such a line and then estimate the requested quantities