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Business According to the U.S. Bureau ofLabor Statistics, in 1990, 529,000 people worked i...

Business According to the U.S. Bureau ofLabor Statistics, in 1990, 529,000 people worked in the air transportation industry. In 2006, the number was 487,000.

(a) Find a linear equation giving the number of employees in the air transportation industry in terms of x, the number of years since 1990.


(b) Assuming the equation remains valid in the future, in what year will there be 450,000 employees of the air transportation industry?

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