The equation y=-1777x+27,153 can be used to predict the number y of gun deaths in the United States x years after 2000, that is x=0 corresponds to 2000, x=3 corresponds to 2003.. and so on. Predict the number of gun deaths in 2005 , and 2009. In what year will the number of gun deaths be 9383?

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anonymous · Answer

plug in x = 5 for 2005, and solve. 
plug in x = 9 for 2009 and solve.
let y = 9383 and solve for x.

anonymous · Answer

i answered this yesterday :|