SOLUTION: In 2014, quarterly sales for full-service restaurants and shoe stores in the United States each increased by a constant rate. For the first quarter of 2014, full-service restaurant

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Question 1195167: In 2014, quarterly sales for full-service restaurants and shoe stores in the United States each increased by a constant rate. For the first quarter of 2014, full-service restaurants had total sales of $63,083 (in millions), and
each quarter their sales increased approximately $1,597 (in millions). For the first quarter of 2014, shoe stores had total sales of $8,143 (in millions), and each quarter their sales increased approximately $32 (in millions).
A)
Of the following equations, which best models the linear relationship in 2014 between the total quarterly sales (in millions), y, for full-service restaurants and the number of quarters, x, since the first quarter of 2014?
B)  
If the same linear trend for shoe store sales continues, how many quarters after the first quarter of 2014 will the total quarterly sales (in millions) for shoe stores in the United States first exceed $8,500?  

Answer by ikleyn(52794) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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In your post,  question  (A)  asks about  " following equations ",  but nothing follows,
what could be considered as equations.

It makes the question  (and the post itself)  nonsensical and self-contradictory.