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Olympic 5000-Meters The accompanying graph shows the winning time (in minutes) at the Olympic Games from 1952 to 2016 for the men's 5000-meterrun, together with a linear approximation of these data. (Data from: The WorldAlmanac and Book of Facts: 2017.)
The equation for the linear approximation is
Cocoa Production In 2005, global cocoa bean production was approximately 3.3 million metric tons. In 2015, production wasapproximately 4.1 million metric tons. (Data from: The Wall StreetJournal.)
a. Write a linear equation expressing cocoa bean production y in terms of the number of years x after 2000.
b. What was the cocoa bean production in 2012?
c. If the trend continues, what will be the first full year in which cocoa bean production exceeds 5 million metric tons?
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