The equation y=-1777x+27,153 can be used to predict the number of gun deaths in the US x years after 2000, that is x=0 corresponds to 2000, x=3 corresponds to 2003, x=6 corresponds to 2006. and so on. Predict the number of gun deaths in 2006 and 2007. Then what year will the number of gun deaths be 11,160

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Plug in 11,160 for x and solve for the number of years, y.

Add that number to 2000 for the year.

These are exercises you can easily perform yourself.