document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=717644>Question 717644</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One year after a celebrity first started posting comments on a website she had 27,000 followers. Three years after this celebrity began posting comments, she had 99,200 followers. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) Find the slope of the line that passes through the points 1,27000 and 3,99200<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) Interpret the slope as a rate of change\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thus the slope is...?? Type as integer or simplified fraction \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This problem was TROUBLE for me. THANK YOU for your help!!!! :)  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #440476 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=440476\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Number of followers is plotted on the vertical axis<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Years is plotted on the horizontal axis<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slope is ( change in y ) / ( change in x )<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+%28+99200+-+27000+%29+%2F+%28+3+-+1+%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+%28+99200+-+27000+%29+%2F+%28+3+-+1+%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+72200+%2F+2+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+72200+%2F+2+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+36100+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+36100+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope is change in the number of followers / year<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Each year, there are 36,100 more followers than in<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the previous year<BR>\n" );
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