Can someone help?
The table below shows the number of students at Wadesville High School with cell phones, y, over x years.
Write an equation that best models these data?
Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Cell Users
146 183 228 285 356 446 557

Question

Can someone help? 
The table below shows the number of students at Wadesville High School with cell phones, y, over x years. 
Write an equation that best models these data?
Year	
2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Cell Users	
146	183	228	285	356	446	557

mertsj · Answer

Perhaps we could call the year 2000 the beginning year or year 0
That would give us the ordered pair, (0,146) 
Then the year 2001 would be (1,183) and so on.  Once you have two ordered pairs, it is a simple thing to write the equation.