SOLUTION: An editor gets a $ 2,220 raise each year. After working five years, she is making $ 56,000 per year. write an equation in point-slope from which models her income in terms of how m

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Question 1064924: An editor gets a $ 2,220 raise each year. After working five years, she is making $ 56,000 per year. write an equation in point-slope from which models her income in terms of how many years she has worked at the company.
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Plot years, t, on the horizontal axis, and
Income, I, on the vertical axis
You are given the slope, and the
point ( 5, 56000 )
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Use the point-slope formula




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check:
Does the line pass through ( 5, 56000 ) ?




OK

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