SOLUTION: Food-stamp program participation. Participation in the U.S. food-stamp program grew from approximately 17.1 million people in 2000 to approximately 23 million in 2004 Calculate t

Question 387415: Food-stamp program participation. Participation in the U.S. food-stamp program grew from approximately 17.1 million people in 2000 to approximately 23 million in 2004
Calculate the number of participants in 2001.
b) Predict the number of participants in 2010.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Basically, you need to find the equation
, where is the number of participants
for a given year, and is that year
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You want to plot on the vertical axis
You want to plot on the horizontal axis
Assume the relation between and is linear
given:

Note that I'm saying
The slope will be

So, the equation is:

(a)

There are 18,575,000 participants in 2001
(b)

There will be 31,850,000 participants in 2010
Here's the plot:

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