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Business According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in 1995, the United States expor...

Business According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in 1995, the United States exported 30.2 million metric tons of wheat. In 2005. that number was 27.2 million metric tons.

(a) Assuming the decline in wheat exports is linear, write an equation that gives the amount of wheat exported in year x, with x = 0 corresponding to 1995.


(b) Is the slope of the line positive or negative? Why?


(c) Assuming the linear trend continues, estimate the amount of wheat exports in 2011.

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