Business According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in 2005, the United States exported 14.0 million hectoliters of fruit juices and wine. In 2011, that number was 17.3 million hectoliters.
(a) Assuming the increase in exports of fruit juice and wine is linear, write an equation that gives the amount exported in year x, with x = 5 corresponding to the year 2005.
(b) Is the slope of the line positive or negative? Why?
(c) Assuming the linear trend continues, estimate the amount exported in the year 2014.
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