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

Answer 1

Please help

Answer 2

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Answer 3

im pretty sure its B

Answer 4

explain please

Answer 5

y thousand dollars = $50,000
y = 50

50 = 85-13.254x
13.254x = 85-50
x = 35/13.254
x = 2.64
x ~ 3

The first year that sales fell below 50,000 would be 2001+3 = 2004 :)