uppose that during the period 1990–2001, U.S. imports of pasta increased from 270 million pounds in 1990 (t = 0) by an average of 50 million pounds/year. (a) Use these data to express q, the annual U.S. imports of pasta (in millions of pounds), as a linear function of t, the number of years since 1990. q(t) =        (b) Use your model to estimate U.S. pasta imports (in millions of pounds) in 2003, assuming the import trend continued.

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Suppose that during the period 1990–2001, U.S. imports of pasta increased from 270 million pounds in 1990 (t = 0) by an average of 50 million pounds/year.
(a)
Use these data to express q, the annual U.S. imports of pasta (in millions of pounds), as a linear function of t, the number of years since 1990.
q(t) = 
 
 
 
(b)
Use your model to estimate U.S. pasta imports (in millions of pounds) in 2003, assuming the import trend continued.
 
 
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