OpenStax, Precalculus 2e §2.3 Modeling with Linear Functions · Exercise 25 · Algebra · Graphs

Modeling with Linear Functions · Exercise 25

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 afflicted.

Find the linear function that models the number of people inflicted with the common cold $C$ as a function of the year, $t .$

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OpenStax, Precalculus 2e · §2.3 Modeling with Linear Functions · Exercise 25

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