SOLUTION: The gross federal debt y (in trillions of dollars) for a certain country in year x is approximated by the following equation, where x is the number of years after 2000. Y=0.4x+5.17

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Question 589916: The gross federal debt y (in trillions of dollars) for a certain country in year x is approximated by the following equation, where x is the number of years after 2000. Y=0.4x+5.17 In what year will the federal debt be $6.37 trillions?
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Substitute 6.37 for and then solve for . Then calculate

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