SOLUTION: The number of Starbucks stores in the US in 2005 was 8896. In 2014, there were 11,965 Starbucks stores in the US. Let y be the number of Starbucks stores in the US in the year x, w

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Question 1101110: The number of Starbucks stores in the US in 2005 was 8896. In 2014, there were 11,965 Starbucks stores in the US. Let y be the number of Starbucks stores in the US in the year x, where x=0 represents the year 2005.
a. Write the linear equation in slope-intercept form that models the growth in the number of Starbucks stores in the US in terms x. [Hint: the line must pass through the points (0,8896) and (9,11965)]
b. Use the equation to predict the number of Starbucks stores in the US in the year 2020.
c. Explain what the slope of this line means in the context of the problem.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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The two ordered pair points are (0, 8896) and (9, 11965).

Standard type of linear equation exercise.

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