SOLUTION: If the formula R=-0.037x + 50.1 can be used to predict the world record in the 400-meter dash x years after 1925, for what years will the world records be 48.6 seconds or less?
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Question 186403: If the formula R=-0.037x + 50.1 can be used to predict the world record in the 400-meter dash x years after 1925, for what years will the world records be 48.6 seconds or less? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If the formula R =-0.037x + 50.1 can be used to predict the world record in the
400-meter dash x years after 1925, for what years will the world records be
48.6 seconds or less?
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replace R with 48.6 and find x
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-0.037x + 50.1 =< 48.6
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-.037x =< 48.6 - 50.1
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-.037x =< - 2.1
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.037x => 2.1; multiplied equation by -1, this reverses the inequality sign
x =>
x => 56.8 ~ 57 yrs from 1925
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1925 + 57 = 1982 and thereafter
