SOLUTION: A small college has 3874 students in 2016 and 4798 students in 2017. If the enrollment follows a linear growth pattern find a linear function to represent the growth and find how m
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Question 1098161: A small college has 3874 students in 2016 and 4798 students in 2017. If the enrollment follows a linear growth pattern find a linear function to represent the growth and find how many students the college should expect for 2018.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = time in years plotted on
horizontal axis
Let = number of students in the
college at any prticular time
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1916 =
1917 =
1918 =
You are given 2 points on the line, ( t,E )
( 0, 3874 )
( 1, 4798 )
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Use the general point-slope formula:
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Check:
Does it go through ( 0, 3874 ) ?
OK
Does it go through ( 1, 4798 ) ?
OK
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2018 =
( E, 2 ) solve for
They should expect 5722 students for 2018
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check the math
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