SOLUTION: The population of the Bothellville neighborhood has been growing steadily since 1985. In 1992, the population was 42300 people. In 2000, it was 57500 people. Find an equation in th

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Question 1201133: The population of the Bothellville neighborhood has been growing steadily since 1985. In 1992, the population was 42300 people. In 2000, it was 57500 people. Find an equation in the form
y =mx +b where x is the number of years past 1985 and y is the population of Bothellville.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Points on a line, (1992, 42300) and (2000, 57500);
easier if you put a reset of the x variables component to match 0 for 1985.
Then your two points are (7, 42300) and (15, 57500).

You could choose to use the point-slope form for a line and convert to slope-intercept form.