SOLUTION: The equation y=-1777x+27153 can be used to predict the number y of gun deaths in the United States x years after 2000, that is, x=0 corresponds to 2000, x=3 correspnds to 2003, x=5

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Question 439241: The equation y=-1777x+27153 can be used to predict the number y of gun deaths in the United States x years after 2000, that is, x=0 corresponds to 2000, x=3 correspnds to 2003, x=5 corresponds to 2005, and so on. Predict the number of gun deaths in 2005 and 2009. In what year will the gun deaths be 7606?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) About Me  (Show Source):
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-1777(5)+27153=-8885+27153=18268;
-1777(9)+27153=-15993+27153=11160;
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7606=27153-1777x
1777x=19547
x=11
Gun deaths will be 7606 in 2011..