document.write( "Question 461665: The amount y of red meat consumed per person in the United States (in pounds) in the \n" );
document.write( "year x can be modeled by the linear equation y 0.3x 113 . The amount y of all \n" );
document.write( "poultry consumed per person in the United States (in pounds) is the year x can be \n" );
document.write( "modeled by the linear equation y x 68 . In both models x = 0 represents the year \n" );
document.write( "2000. (Source: Based on data and forecasts from the Economic Research Service, U.S. \n" );
document.write( "Department of Agriculture) \n" );
document.write( "a) What does the slope of each equation tell you about the patterns of red meat and \n" );
document.write( "poultry consumption in the United States? \n" );
document.write( "b) Solve this system of equations. Give the exact values of the solution as well as the \n" );
document.write( "solution rounded to the nearest whole number. In the context of the problem, does it \n" );
document.write( "make sense to give the exact answer or does it make more sense to give the answer \n" );
document.write( "rounded to the nearest whole number? Why or why not? \n" );
document.write( "c) Explain the meaning of your answer from (b). \n" );
document.write( "Problem 2 \n" );
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