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Let y represent the average number of miles driven per year for passenger cars in the United States since 1980. Let x represent the year where x = 0 corresponds to 1980, x = 1 corresponds to 1981, and so on. The average yearly mileage for passenger cars can be approximated by the equation y = 142x + 9060, where x ≥ 0.
- Use the linear equation to approximate the average yearly mileage for passenger cars in the United States in the year 2005.
- What is the slope of the line and what does it mean in the context of this problem?
- What is the y-intercept and what does it mean in the context of this problem?
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For this assignment follow the instructions:
Answer the following question:
Let y represent the average number of miles driven per year for pas...