Answer:
y= 6971 -7 x OR y = -7x + 6971
Step-by-step explanation:
the 6971 is the original number you started with, you are now decreasing by 7, so you use the value of -7. The x is the number of years that pass by, so the variable x affects the number 7 because it says decreases by 7 per year. The x does not go with 6971 as that number doesn't get directly affected.
The other line extends slightly down and to the right to point E
Remember property of exponents

add exponents of same base
ok so
50,000 is 5 times 10^4
so
50000 times 10^15=
5 times 10^4 times 10^15=
5 times

=
5 times 10^19
-1.0, -3/4, 0.25, 3/2
hope this helps :D
Given that
, we have
, so that

Take the derivative and find the critical points of
:

Take the second derivative and evaluate it at the critical point:

Since
is positive for all
, the critical point is a minimum.
At the critical point, we get the minimum value
.