A.) y=3x-2 is the correct answer. The y in the equation simply refers to the y-values in the table. The x in the equation refers to the x-values in the table. Plug in each answer like so: y=3(-2)-2 --> -6-2. Here you do a thing called KFC. Keep Flip Change You Keep -6 You Change the minus sign in front of the 2 to make it a plus sign And then you change the positive 2 that is left into a negative 2. -6+(-2)=-8 If you plug in each of the x-values, you then get the corresponding y-value making option A.) correct.