SOLUTION: Dad suggest the the number of hotel rooms in a particular town can be modeled by the equation Y=12x -11, where X represents the population, in thousands, of the town. Approximately

Question 1193998: Dad suggest the the number of hotel rooms in a particular town can be modeled by the equation Y=12x -11, where X represents the population, in thousands, of the town. Approximately how many additional rooms will be located in the town is the population increases by 4500?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
not well written
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Perhaps not well written, with some grammar and spelling mistakes... but the meaning of the problem is clear.

An increase in population of 4500 represents an increase of 4.5 in the value of x.

Since the slope of the line is 12, the additional number of rooms required is 12*4.5 = 54.

ANSWER: 54

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