Suppose the number of people y​ (in hundreds) employed as asteroid minersasteroid miners can be estimated by the linear equation y equals 40 x plus 510y=40x+510​, where x is the number of years after 20022002. a. Graph the linear equation. b. Does the point left parenthesis 8 comma 830 right parenthesis(8,830) lie on the​ line? If​ so, what does this ordered pair​ mean?

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Chapter2: Functions And Graphs
Section2.4: Writing And Graphing Equations Of Lines
Problem 80E
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Suppose the number of people y​ (in hundreds) employed as
asteroid minersasteroid miners
can be estimated by the linear equation
y equals 40 x plus 510y=40x+510​,
where x is the number of years after
20022002.
a. Graph the linear equation.
b. Does the point
left parenthesis 8 comma 830 right parenthesis(8,830)
lie on the​ line? If​ so, what does this ordered pair​ mean?
 
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