For the following exercises, consider this scenario: The profit of a company decreased steadily over a ten-year span.The following ordered pairs show dollars and the number of units sold in hundreds and the profit in thousands ofover the ten-year span (number of units sold, profit) for specific recorded years:
Predict when the profit will dip below the $25,000threshold.
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