SOLUTION: A high school had 1200 students enrolled in 2003 and 1500 students in 2006. If the student population P;growth as a linear function of time t, where t is the number of years after

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Question 1130154: A high school had 1200 students enrolled in 2003 and 1500 students in 2006. If the student population P;growth as a linear function of time t, where t is the number of years after 2003?I need formula and graphing!thanks
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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points (0,1200) and (3,1500) as (t,P).

P=%28%28300%29%2F%283%29%29t%2B1200

highlight%28P=100t%2B1200%29

graph%28400%2C400%2C-5%2C10%2C-5%2C1500%2C100x%2B1200%29
vertical axis, students
horizontal axis, years since 2003