In a certain country, total alcoholic beverage sales are reported throughout the year. Sales were reported as ?$115.7billion at the beginning of2006 and ?$132.9 billion at the beginning of2008.
?(a) Let the? x-axis denote time and the? y-axis denote the amount of alcohol sales? (in billions). Let x=0 correspond to2006. Fill in the? blanks: The given data is represented by the points ?(____,115.7?) and ?(2?,____).
?(b)Find the linear equation determined by the two points in part? (a).
?(c) Use the equation in part? (b) to estimate the alcohol sales produced in2007.
?(d)If the model remains? accurate, in what year will reported alcohol sales reach ?$150 ?billion?
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(a) The given data is represented by the points (____, 115.7) and (2, ____).(write integers or decimals rounded to one decimal? place.)
(b) The linear equation determined by the two points in part? (a) is y= ____x + ______.(write integers or decimals rounded to one decimal? place.)
?(c) The alcohol sales produced in2007 are approximately ?$_____ billion.?(write an integer or decimal rounded to one decimal? place.)
(d)If the model remains? accurate, reports of alcohol sales will reach ?$150 billion in the year ________.





