document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1161671>Question 1161671</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In 2011​, the average price of a new home sold in a country was ​$286,800. In​ 2004, the average price of a new home in the same country was ​$291,000. Let y be the average price of a new home in the year​ x, where x=0 represents the year 2004. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. Write a linear equation that models the average price of a new home in terms of the year x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "​[Hint: The line must pass through the points ​(0,291000​) and ​(7​,286800​).]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. Use this equation to predict the average price of a new home in 2014.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the Two-Point form of an equation of a line to answer part a.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y\ -\ y_1\ =\ \frac{y_1\,-\,y_2}{x_1\,-\,x_2}\(x\ -\ x_1)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large (x_1,y_1)\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large (x_1,y_2)\"> are the two given points.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ =\ 10\"> and do the arithmetic to answer part b.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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