SOLUTION: Write a formula for a linear function​ f(x) that models the​ situation, where x is the number of years after 2007. In 2007 the average adult ate 59 pounds of chicken. This am

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Question 1195944: Write a formula for a linear function​ f(x) that models the​ situation, where x is the number of years after 2007.
In 2007 the average adult ate 59 pounds of chicken. This amount will increase by .8 pounds per year until 2012.

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Write a formula for a linear function​ f(x) that models the​ situation,
where x is the number of years after 2007.
In 2007 the average adult ate 59 pounds of chicken.
This amount will increase by .8 pounds per year until 2012.
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    f(x) = 59 + 0.8*x,  x = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.     ANSWER

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