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ChrissyI
in 1998 there were 47 million people worldwide with hiv. at the time the infection rate was 5.8 million people per year.

a)write a formula for a linear function f that models the total number of peope in millions who were living with hiv x years after 1998.

b)estimate the number of people who may have been living with hiv by the year 2006.

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ChrissyI  
in 1998 there were 47 million people worldwide with hiv. at the time the infection rate was 5.8 million people per year.

a)write a formula for a linear function f that models the total number of peope in millions who were living with hiv x years after 1998.

b)estimate the number of people who may have been living with hiv by the year 2006.

xapproachesinfinity · Answer

Linear function that works with this is like this 
f(x) =5.8x+47
Fir b)  for 2006 just plug in 6 for  x

anonymous · Answer

@xapproachesinfinity really that's it

xapproachesinfinity · Answer

Yes that's all