In 1999 there were 4076 J. C. Penney stores and in 2010 there were 1106 stores. Write a linear equation that gives the number of stores in terms of the year. Let t = 9 represent 1999. Then predict the numbers of stores for the years 2016 and 2018. Are your answers reasonable? Explain.

Joel wants to buy a new tablet computer fram a store having a 20% off sale on all tablets. the tablet he wants has an original cost of $190. he also wants to make sure he has enough money to pay the 5% sales tax. part one joel uses the incorect expression 0.95(190)(0.8) to calculate that the tablet will cost him a total of $144.40. describe his error and write the correct expression part two how much will joel pay for the tablet show your work if you answer this question correctly you will receive a prize of 99 points good luck