Question

6.Use the model to predict the number of people who will be infected in 10 days.Answer:

Answer 1

Step 1

Given;

$y=140.9x+370.4$

Required; To predict the number of people who will be infected in 10 days.

Step 2

Substitute 10

$\begin{gathered} y=\text{ 140.9(10)+370.4} \\ y=1409+370.4 \\ \end{gathered}$$\begin{gathered} y=1779.4 \\ y\approx1779\text{ people} \end{gathered}$

Therefore in 10 days, the number of infected people will be 1779