After 5 months, the number of subscribers to a newspaper was 5,730. after 7 months, the number of subscribers to the newspaper was 6,022. which equation models the number of newspaper subscribers y after x months? y = –146x – 5,000 y = 146x + 5,000 y = 146x – 5,000 y = –146x + 5,000

From the information given in the problem we can create a linear model like this: The  will represent the months and the  the subscribers. From the problem we know that after 5 months, the number of subscribers to a newspaper was 5,730, so  and . We also know that after 7 months, the number of subscribers to the newspaper was 6,022, so  and .
Remember that the slope of a line is . since we already found those values, lets replace them to find our slope:




To create our linear model we are going to use the point-slope equation . Notice that we have all the values, so the only thing left is plug them in our equation: 





We can conclude that the equation which models the number of newspaper subscribers  after  months is 

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