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Write a linear model to predict y, the number millions of pounds of orbital debris at the end of any given year, t.?

Using the reported 1990 rate of increase of 1.8 million pounds per year and assuming 4 million pounds of existing debris at the beginning of 1990,

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  • Thomas
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    d=4X10^6+1.8X10^6(t-1990)

  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    d(t) = 4M + 1.8M (t-1990)

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