SOLUTION: a country's population in 1991 was 147 million. In 1998 it was 153 million what's the population in 2017
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Question 614905: a country's population in 1991 was 147 million. In 1998 it was 153 million what's the population in 2017
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Plot population in millions on the vertical axis, call it
Plot the year on the horizontal axis, call it
Call 1990
The slope is:
The equation so far is:
Plug in the point ( 1, 147 )
The equation is
In 2017,
The population in 2017 will be 169,286,000
check:
The slope should be 6/7
close enough
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