document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1101110>Question 1101110</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The number of Starbucks stores in the US in 2005 was 8896. In 2014, there were 11,965 Starbucks stores in the US. Let y be the number of Starbucks stores in the US in the year x, where x=0 represents the year 2005.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. Write the linear equation in slope-intercept form that models the growth in the number of Starbucks stores in the US in terms x. [Hint: the line must pass through the points (0,8896) and (9,11965)]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. Use the equation to predict the number of Starbucks stores in the US in the year 2020.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. Explain what the slope of this line means in the context of the problem. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #715688 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=715688\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The two ordered pair points are (0, 8896) and (9, 11965).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Standard type of linear equation exercise.\r<BR>\n" );
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