The equation y=10.4x+12.6 estimates the amount that the business will spend in billions of dollars on a certain business technology, where x is the number of years after 2000. For what years will the spending be more than $75 billion?
Spending will be more than $75 billion more than ____ years after 2000

Question

The equation y=10.4x+12.6 estimates the amount that the business will spend in billions of dollars on a certain business technology, where x is the number of years after 2000. For what years will the spending be more than $75 billion?
Spending will be more than $75 billion more than ____ years after 2000

biue · Answer

10.4x + 12.6 > 75 
10.4x > 62.4 
x > 6