if the ice-cream is cheaper, I buy more pints... say the initial price of the ice-cream gallon(8 pints) is hmmm $10, then I'd buy 1 pint
[tex]\bf \begin{array}{ccllll}
\begin{array}{llll}
price\ of\\
gallon
\end{array}&
\begin{array}{llll}
pints\\
bought
\end{array}\\
\text{\textemdash\textemdash\textemdash}&\text{\textemdash\textemdash\textemdash}\\
10&1\\
9&2\\
7&3\\
6&4
\end{array}\impliedby
\begin{array}{llll}
\textit{now if you graph that}\\
\textit{will give you a \underline{line}}\\
\textit{thus a \underline{line}ar function}
\end{array}[/tex]