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Intermediate Algebra – Student Workbook – Second Edition 2013

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Lesson 2a <strong>–</strong> Linear Functions and Applications<br />

Practice Problems<br />

5. The following table shows the growth of newspaper subscriptions in Middletown, USA with t<br />

equaling the number of years since 1995 (t = 0 in 1995) and S(t) representing the total<br />

subscriptions in each year.<br />

t (year) 0 2 4 6 8<br />

S(t) (total subscriptions) 450,000 430,000 300,000 250,000 180,000<br />

a) Use your calculator to determine the equation of the regression line.<br />

Determine the regression equation in y = ax + b form and write it here:<br />

_______________________<br />

Rewrite the regression equation in S(t) = at + b form and write it here:<br />

_______________________<br />

b) Write in words the meaning of the mathematical statement S(2) = 430,000 as it relates to<br />

this problem.<br />

c) Use the result from part a) to estimate the total subscriptions in 2007 (i.e. when t =12).<br />

Show your computations here and your final result. (Hint: This is a “Beyond the Data,<br />

given input, find output” question, so compute the value of S(12) and show your work<br />

here)<br />

d) What is the slope of S(t) and what is its meaning in the context of this problem?<br />

e) Use your last result from part a) to estimate the year in which the circulation will be<br />

100,000. Round to the closest whole year. (Hint: This is a “Given output find input”<br />

question so solve the equation S(t) = 100,000 for t and round to the nearest year. Add<br />

your result to 1995).<br />

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