SOLUTION: You are the new sales manager at Ford. In March you sell 50 new fords. In May you sell 60 new Fords. If the current trend continues, how many might you sell in October? Use formul

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Question 137378: You are the new sales manager at Ford. In March you sell 50 new fords. In May you sell 60 new Fords. If the current trend continues, how many might you sell in October? Use formulas for slope and slope-intercept to arrive at your answer.
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MONTH 1=50 (1,50)
MONTH 3=60 (3,60)
SLOPE=(60-50)/(3-1)=10/2=5
50=5*1+b
b=50-4
b=45
THUS THE EQUATION IS:
Y=5X+45
Y=5*7+45
Y=35+45
Y=80 PROJECTED SALES IN THE 7 th. MONTH.
OCTOBER WOULD BE MONTH 7
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