SOLUTION: A certain region is losing 25 million acres of rain forest each year. Find a linear function f that calculates the change in acres of rainforest of millions in x years. Then find

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Question 696649: A certain region is losing 25 million acres of rain forest each year.
Find a linear function f that calculates the change in acres of rainforest of millions in x years. Then find f(4) and interpret the result.
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Year 1= 25 mil lost
Year 2 = 2 x 25 mil lost
Year 3 = 3 x 25 mil lost
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Year X = x * 25 mil lost
f(x)=25x
You can find out f(4) easily now.