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3 October, 16:17

Interpret the slope for the situation: The number of people who worked for the railroads in the United States each year from 1989 to 1995 can be modeled by the equation y = - 6.61x + 229, where x represents the number of years since 1989 and y represents the number of railroad employees (in thousands).

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  1. 3 October, 16:24
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    -6.61

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Unless there is more included in this problem then - 6.61 is the slope. Slope is represented as m in y=mx+b. Simply substituting in the slop and y-intercept shows that m=-6.61 or the slope is - 6.61.
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