Answer:
The answer is below
Step-by-step explanation:
a) x represents the number of years since 2004 this means that x = 0 represent the year 2004, y represent the number of catalogs. From the table the numbers of catalogs in 2004 are y-intercepts and the slope is the growth rates. Hence the equations are:
y = 1293x + 7440 (1)
y = -1364x + 3805 (2)
b)
y = 1293x + 7440 (1)
y = -1364x + 3805 (2)
Subtract equation 2 from equation 1 to get:
0 = 2657x + 3635
2657x = -3635
Divide through by 2657
x = -1.368
Put x = -1.368 in equation 1:
y = 1293(-1.368) + 7440
y = 5671.1
This means that about 1.4 years before 2004, the number of catalogs where 5671
