SOLUTION: There were 264 Whole Foods stores worldwide in 2008 and 432 Whole Foods stores worldwide in 2015. Write a linear equation in slope-intercept form that models this growth. Let x sta

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Question 1111224: There were 264 Whole Foods stores worldwide in 2008 and 432 Whole Foods stores worldwide in 2015. Write a linear equation in slope-intercept form that models this growth. Let x stand for the number of years after 2008 and let y stand for the number of Whole Foods stores worldwide.
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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(2008, 264) and (2015, 432) using by convention the year for x
slope is 168/7=24
x = years after 2008
(0, 264) (7, 432)
y-264=24x
y=24x+264