document.write( "Question 1146741: From 2000 through 2014, the percentage of Americans living below the poverty level is given approximately by P = 11.36 + 0.28t, where t is the time, in years, since 2000.†\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(b)What is the slope of this linear function?
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P = 11.36 + 0.28t\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "t=10 for year 2010.
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\n" ); document.write( "Slope is m.
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