A researcher builds a statistical model to determine how many credit card charges are fraudulent. Use the model y = 1+0.02x to estimate how many credit card charges are fraudulent out of 200 charges.(2 points) fraudulent charges

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To estimate the number of fraudulent credit card charges using the model \( y = 1 + 0.02x \), where \( x \) is the total number of charges, we can substitute \( x = 200 \) into the equation.

\[ y = 1 + 0.02(200) \] \[ y = 1 + 4 \] \[ y = 5 \]

Therefore, the model estimates that there would be 5 fraudulent charges out of 200 charges.