document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=127417>Question 127417</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> suppose 2.4 million lbs of almonds are sold when the price is $5.50 per pound and 4.8 million lbs of almonds are sold at $4.50 per pound. find a linear function, A(p), that expresses the amount of almonds sold as a function of the price per pound. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You have two points: (5.5,2.4 million) and (4.5,4.8 million)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope = (4.8-2.4)/(4.5-5.5) = -2.4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "equation form y = mx+ b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4.8 = -2.4*4.5 + b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 4.8 + 10.8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 15.6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A(p) = -2.4p +15.6  in millions of pounds of almonds.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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