The population of a bee hive is recorded monthly over a period of a year. The function y = 46x – 40 is determined to be a good fit for the data. The actual bee population recorded at the 7 month mark was 238. What is the residual for x = 7?

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nnesha · Answer

replace x by 7 and then solve

nnesha · Answer

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nnesha · Answer

did you understand ??

anonymous · Answer

no

nnesha · Answer

you have to find residual right 
first replace x by 7 and then solve the equation 
then subtract that b 238

nnesha · Answer

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what is 46 times 7=???