SLOT Week 1 - Day 1 In 1999 there were 4076 J.C. Penney stores and in 2003 there were 1078 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 2008 and 2010. Are your answers reasonable? Explain.
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In 1999 there were 4076 J.C. Penney stores and in 2003 there were 1078 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 2008 and 2010. Are your answers reasonable? Explain.