OpenStax, Algebra and Trigonometry 2e §4.2 Modeling with Linear Functions · Exercise 34 · Algebra · Graphs
Modeling with Linear Functions · Exercise 34
Consider this scenario: The number of people afflicted with the common cold in the winter months steadily decreased by 205 each year from 2005 until 2010. In 2005, 12,025 people were inflicted.
In what year will the number of people afflicted with the common cold be 9,700?
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OpenStax, Algebra and Trigonometry 2e · §4.2 Modeling with Linear Functions · Exercise 34
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