In 2000, 54% of the residents in a large city regularly used newspapers for getting news and this has decreased at an average r
ate of approximately 1.7 % per year since then. Find a linear function in slope-intercept form that models this description. The function should model the percentage of residents,
Upper P left parenthesis x right parenthesis comma
P(x), who regularly used the news outlet x years after 2000
X=number of years after 2000. y=percentage of residents (still) reads newspapers for information initial value (= y-intercept) = percentage in 2000 = 54% slope = increase each year = -1.7% (because it is a decrease) the slope intercept form of the equation is therefore: y=slope(x)+initial value, or y=-1.7x+54 (in %)
