document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1084630>Question 1084630</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the slope then describe what it means in terms of the rate of change of the dependent variable per unit change in the independent variable.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The linear function f(x) = -8.7x + 38 models the percentage of people, f(x), who eat at fast food restaurants each week x years after 1998. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "slope is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m=-8.7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m=-8.7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >; the percentage of people eating at fast food restaurants each week has decreased a a rate of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-8.7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-8.7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >% per year after <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1998 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1998\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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