Can someone help me work this problem please?

The equation y= -1777x+27,153 can be used to predict the number of gun deaths in the United States x years after 2000, that is x=0 corresponds to 2000, x=2 corresponds to 2002, x=4 corresponds to 2004, and so on.
Predict the number of gun deaths in 2004 and 2007. In what year will the number of gun deaths be 12,937?

User Icon for PsyDAG PsyDAG answered
14 years ago

Y = -1777(4) + 27,153 = 20,045

Y = -1777(7) + 27,153 = 14,714

It looks like it will be beyond 2007. Try higher values.

I hope this helps.