Linear Functions · Exercise 75

Suppose that average annual income (in dollars) for the years 1990 through 1999 is given by the linear function: $I\left(x\right)=1054x+23,286,$ where $x$ is the number of years after 1990. Which of the following interprets the slope in the context of the problem?

(a) As of 1990, average annual income was $23,286.
(b) In the ten-year period from 1990–1999, average annual income increased by a total of $1,054.
(c) Each year in the decade of the 1990s, average annual income increased by $1,054.
(d) Average annual income rose to a level of $23,286 by the end of 1999.

OpenStax, Precalculus 2e · §2.1 Linear Functions · Exercise 75