SOLUTION: In 1950&#8203;, there were 2247,982 immigrants admitted to a country. In 2001&#8203;, the number was 1,003,216. a. Assuming that the change in immigration is&#8203; linear, write

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Question 1014428: In 1950, there were 2247,982 immigrants admitted to a country. In 2001, the number was 1,003,216.
a. Assuming that the change in immigration is linear, write an equation expressing the number of immigrants, y, in terms of t, the number of years after 1900.
b. Use your result in part a to predict the number of immigrants admitted to the country in 2018.
c. Considering the value of the y-intercept in your answer to part a, discuss the validity of using this equation to model the number of immigrants throughout the entire 20th century.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
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Use the general point-slope formula
Plot number of immigrants on the vertical axis
Plot time in years on the horizontal axis
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(a)

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(b)
2018 is 68 years after 1950

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(c)
Is that 20th century or 21st century?
21st makes more sense to me.
2100 would be 150 yrs after 1950

The population can't be negative, so the
formula doesn't work all the way
to the end of the 21st century

SOLUTION: In 1950&#8203;, there were 2247,982 immigrants admitted to a country. In 2001&#8203;, the number was 1,003,216. a. Assuming that the change in immigration is&#8203; linear, write

SOLUTION: In 1950, there were 2247,982 immigrants admitted to a country. In 2001, the number was 1,003,216. a. Assuming that the change in immigration is linear, write