SOLUTION: Write a formula for a linear function​ f(x) that models the​ situation, where x is the number of years after 2007. In 2007 the average adult ate 59 pounds of chicken. This am

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Question 1195944: Write a formula for a linear function​ f(x) that models the​ situation, where x is the number of years after 2007.
In 2007 the average adult ate 59 pounds of chicken. This amount will increase by .8 pounds per year until 2012.

Answer by ikleyn(52864)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Write a formula for a linear function​ f(x) that models the​ situation,
where x is the number of years after 2007.
In 2007 the average adult ate 59 pounds of chicken.
This amount will increase by .8 pounds per year until 2012.
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    f(x) = 59 + 0.8*x,  x = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.     ANSWER

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