Question

In

19501950​,

there were

242 comma 028242,028

immigrants admitted to a country. In

20062006​,

the number was

1 comma 150 comma 5861,150,586.

a. Assuming that the change in immigration is​ linear, write an equation expressing the number of​ immigrants, y, in terms of​ t, the number of years after 1900.

b. Use your result in part a to predict the number of immigrants admitted to the country in

20142014.

c. Considering the value of the​ y-intercept in your answer to part

a​,

discuss the validity of using this equation to model the number of immigrants throughout the entire 20th century.

a. A linear equation for the number of immigrants is

yequals=nothing.

Answer 1