document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=186449>Question 186449</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the equation y=-1777x+27,153 can be used to predict the nimber y of gun deaths in the united states x years after 2000, that is x = 0 corresponds to 2000, x=2 corresponds to 2002, x=5, and so on, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Predict the number of gun deaths in 2005 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Predict the number of gun deaths in 2008.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in what year will the number of gun deaths be 11,160 ? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You were given y = -1777x + 27,153.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To predict the number of gun deaths in 2005, we let x = 5 in the equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -1777(5) + 27,153\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -8885 + 27,153\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 18,268\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To predict the number of gun deaths in 2008, we let x = 8 in the equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'll set it up and you can solve for y.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -1777(8) + 27,153\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, solve for y.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find out what year will the number of gun deaths be 11,160, we let <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 11,160 and solve for x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "11,160 = -1777x + 27,153.  Can you solve for x?\r<BR>\n" );
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