document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=953015>Question 953015</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> City growth in the number of fires for a certain city are related by linear equation. records show that 113 fires occurred in a year when the local population was 150,000 and at the rate of increase in the number of fires was one for every thousand residents.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A.) using the variables P for population an F for the fires, write any equation in slope intercept form that the fire department can use to predict future fire statistics.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B.) how many fires can be expected when the population reaches 200,000? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A.) using the variables P for population an F for the fires, write any equation in slope intercept form that the fire department can use to predict future fire statistics. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "B.) how many fires can be expected when the population reaches 200,000?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let y=number of fires<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let x=population<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation: y=mx+b, m=slope, b=y-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "given: point(150,000,113)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope,m=1/1000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=x/1000+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "113=150,000/1000+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "113=150+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=-37<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A.) equation: y=x/1000-37<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=200000/1000-37=163<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B.) how many fires can be expected when the population reaches 200,000? 163 </SPAN>\n" );
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