document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=933647>Question 933647</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The amount of land occupied by farms in the U.S.(in millions of acres) from 1997 through 2012 is given by y=-4x+867. In the equation, x represents the number of years after 1997<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. Complete the table<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X|8|10|15<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Y|835|827|807\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b.find the year in which there was approximately 815 million acres of land occupied by farms.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C.use the given equation to predict when the land occupied by farms might be 795 million acres. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " y=-4x+867.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(815 -867)/4 = 13.  Year 1997 + 13 = 2010<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " C.use the given equation to predict when the land occupied by farms might be 795 million acres.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " y=-4x+867.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(795 -867)/4 = 18.  Year 1997 + 18 = 2015 </SPAN>\n" );
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