Question

this question has two parts. first, answer part a. then, answer part b. part a college the equation 20.4x + 100y = 1802 can be used to estimate undergraduate enrollment in u.s. post - secondary institutions from 2010 to 2015, where x is the number of years after 2010 and y is the number of students in millions. write the equation in slope - intercept form.

Explanation:

Step1: Rearrange the given equation for slope - intercept form.

The slope - intercept form is $y = mx + b$, where $m$ is the slope and $b$ is the y - intercept. Start with $20.4x+100y = 1802$.
Isolate $y$:
\[

$$\begin{align*} 100y&=- 20.4x + 1802\\ y&=\frac{-20.4x + 1802}{100}\\ y&=-0.204x+18.02 \end{align*}$$

\]

Answer:

$y=-0.204x + 18.02$