<PRE><B>Question 183568</B>
The equation y=-1777x+27,153 can be used to predict the number y of gun deaths in the United States x years after 2000, that is x=0 corresponds to 2000,x=3 corresponds to 2003 x=4 corresponds to 2004, and so on. Predict the number of gun deaths in 2004 and 2009. In what year will the number of gun deaths be 7606? 
The predicted gun deaths in 2004 will be 1777*4 + 27,153 _____. 
The predicted gun deaths in 2009 will be 1777*9 + 27,153 ______. 
The predicted gun deaths in 7606 in the year 1777*? + 27,153 _____.

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Did you really mean 7606 which is 5606 after the year 2000?
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Cheers,
Stan H.</PRE>