document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1174485>Question 1174485</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A city's population in the year x = 1974 was y = 1,104,100. In 1979 the population was 1,104,850.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Compute the slope of the population growth (or decline) and choose the most accurate statement from the following:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The population is increasing at a rate of 50 people per year.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The population is decreasing at a rate of 350 people per year.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The population is decreasing at a rate of 150 people per year.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The population is increasing at a rate of 150 people per year.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The population is decreasing at a rate of 50 people per year.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The population is increasing at a rate of 350 people per year. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A city's population in the year x = 1974 was y = 1,104,100. In 1979 the population was 1,104,850.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Compute the slope of the population growth (or decline) and choose the most accurate statement from the following:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The description gives two points:   (1974, 1104100)  and (1979, 1104850).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Those are in the form  (x, y) for ( year, population ).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the two points are expected to be linear, then slope is  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=750%2F5=highlight%28150%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"750%2F5=highlight%28150%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Whatever else you are looking for is most likely obvious. </SPAN>\n" );
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