document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=69998>Question 69998</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hey!  Thanks for any and all help you can provide.  The following problem is one that was given by a professor during the study of slopes and linear equations but I cannot figure out the connection.  The questions are below:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.  The price of microsoft stock can be modeled by p=0.3688+43.99.  Describe the input and output of function p.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.  The total chapter 12 bankruptcy filing between 1996 and 2000 can be modeled by b=83.9+106.3.  What is the rate of change of the number of bankrutcy filings?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Again, thanks for the help! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #49847 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=49847\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1. I think you must have missed something in this problem.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p = 0.3688+43.99 Where's the variable?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p = 44.3588 In this equation, p is a constant so it is not a function at all!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2. b = 83.9+106.3 Again, where's the variable?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 190.2 Here again, b is a constant.  The rate of change of a constant is zero.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Check the original problem for the missing variables! </SPAN>\n" );
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