If you have learned how to find the line of best fit manually, then you can do it that way. Perhaps you may want to just find a line that can connect at least two of the points and I believe that that line will be able to represent the other points because, in general, the points are pretty close to one another.
If you don't want to do it manually and have a graphing calculator (which I recommend) then you can use that to find the line of best fit (and if you want then you can see how precise your points are with your r^2 value). Or there is a website (http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=4186), which you can use to help you to find the equation of that particular line.
Once you have that done, then you can substitute 2009 for the x value in the equation and then see what y value the equation produces. That will then be your answer :)
Answer:
each month 3 employees were laid off.
Step-by-step explanation:
the company started with 65 employees 12 months ago, and now there are 29. 65 - 29 = 36. In 12 months, 36 employees were laid off. 36 employees divided by 12 months = 3 employees per month.
The total amount of the resulting mixture can be calculated by adding up the volume of the given substances assuming that volume addition is applicable given the properties of the fluids used.
That is,
T = 6 quarts + 10 quarts = 16 quarts
The total volume of the resulting mixture is 16.
Then, we do the component (antifreeze) balance by adding up the resulting antifreeze from the substances to the total. We let x be the percentage of antifreeze in the final mixture.
6(0.52) + 10(0.32) = 16(x)
The value of x from the equation is 0.395.
Therefore, the answer to this item is 39.5%.
If Jackson went to the movies and payed $7 initially for his ticket and then payed $2 for each box of candy that he buys, then the equation could look like this: y = 2x + 7, where y represents the total cost and x represents the number of boxes of candy Jackson buys.
My understanding it would be letter ( i ) because it is imaginary.
