SOLUTION: In 2008, a school's enrollment was 400 students. In 2012, the school's enrollment was 640 students. Which linear model represents the school's enrollment, s, as a function of t, th
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Question 1185412: In 2008, a school's enrollment was 400 students. In 2012, the school's enrollment was 640 students. Which linear model represents the school's enrollment, s, as a function of t, the number of years after 2005? Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps:Answer by ikleyn(52802) (Show Source):
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Of course the statement of the problem implies that the school existed in 2005.
And even if it didn't, the statement of the problem would still be valid...!
The change in enrollment in the 4 years from 2008 to 2012 was +240, so the slope of the graph of student enrollment is 240/4 = 60. So the linear equation is of the form
y=60t+b
Since the equation is to be with t being the number of years after 2005, use the data point (x,y)=(2008-2005,400)=(3,400) to determine b.
