document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=926834>Question 926834</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In the report \"Expenditures on Children by Families,\" the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected the yearly child-rearing expenditures on children from birth through age 17. For a child born in 2010 to a two-parent middle-income family, the report estimated annual expenditures of $10,808 when the child is 6 years old, and $14,570 when the child is 15 years old.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) Using the above information, write the two ordered pairs of the form (child's age, annual expenditure). (Let c represent the child's age and y represent annual expenditure.)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) Assume the relationship between the child's age c and the annual expenditures y is linear. Use your answers to part (a) to write an equation in slope-intercept form that models this relationship.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(c) What are the projected child-rearing expenses when the child is 16 years old?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #562537 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ewatrrr><B>ewatrrr(24785)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ewatrrr><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=ewatrrr><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=562537\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> (15, 14570)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "( 6, 10808) m = 3762/9 = 418<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y -10808 = 418(x - 6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 418x +8300<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 418(16) +8300 = $14,988 </SPAN>\n" );
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