SOLUTION: Find the slope then describe what it means in terms of the rate of change of the dependent variable per unit change in the independent variable. The linear function f(x) = -8.7x

Question 1084630: Find the slope then describe what it means in terms of the rate of change of the dependent variable per unit change in the independent variable.
The linear function f(x) = -8.7x + 38 models the percentage of people, f(x), who eat at fast food restaurants each week x years after 1998.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

slope is ; the percentage of people eating at fast food restaurants each week has decreased a a rate of % per year after
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