APPLICATION This table shows the amount of trash produced in the United States in 1990

Chapter 4, Problem 10

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APPLICATION This table shows the amount of trash produced in the United States in 1990 and 1995.a. Let x represent the year, and let y represent the amount of trash in millions of tons for that year.Write an equation in point-slope form for the line passing through these two points. b. Plot the two data points and graph the equation you found in 10a. c. In 2000, 232 million tons of trash were produced in the United States. Plot this data point on the same graph you made in 10b. Do you think the linear equation you found in 10a is a good model for these data? Explain why or why not. This table shows more data about the amount of trash produced in the United States. d. Add these data points to your graph. Adjust the window as necessary. e. Do you think the linear equation found in 10a is a good model for this larger data set? Explain why or why not. f. Find the equation of a better-fitting line. g. Use your new equation from 10f to predict the amount of trash produced in 2010.