The percentage of soldiers who are unavailable for combat has increased approximately linearly from 10% in 2007 to 17% in 2010, Let P be the percentage of soldiers that are unavailable for t years since 2000, Find the equation of a linear model to describe the equation.

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danjs · Answer

This is basically saying, given 2 points on a line, what is the lines equation?

danjs · Answer

points  (x , y) = ( years since 2000 , percent unavailable)

The two given points are
(t , P) = ( 7 , 10% )
(t , P) = ( 10 , 17% )

danjs · Answer

right?