An employee compiled sales data for a company once each
month. The scatter plot below shows the sales (in multiples of
$1000) for the company over time (in months). The equation
represents the linear model for this data.
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40
Sales ($1000)
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30
y = 0.94x + 12.5
25+
20+
++
15
10
According to the model, what will the company's sales be after
40 months?
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