Sales at a certain department store follow the model y=85-13.254x where y is the total sales in thousands of dollars and x is the number of years after 2001. What was the first year that sales fell below $50,000?
a.
1999
c.
2004
b.
1998
d.
2005

Question

Sales at a certain department store follow the model y=85-13.254x  where y is the total sales in thousands of dollars and x is the number of years after 2001. What was the first year that sales fell below $50,000?
a.
1999
c.
2004
b.
1998
d.
2005

sonyalee77 · Answer

@austinL @texaschic101

texaschic101 · Answer

y = 85 - 13.254x (I am trying 2004, which is 3 years after 2001)
y = 85 - 13.254(3)
y = 85 - 39.762
y = 45.238

I am gonna say this one....your question is a little unclear because the equation is set up for the years after 2001....your answer choices contain answers that are before 2001. So I automatically crossed them off as being an answer. Maybe I am wrong.....you might need to get a second opinion, but I am saying answer choice C. 2004