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In 1993 the life expectancy of males in a certain country was
64.6 years.
In 1998 it was 67.2 years.
Let E represent the life expectancy in year T and let T
represent the number of years since 1993.
So T is the number of years since 1993.
T is 0 in 1993.
That means that T has to be 5 in 1998.
So in year 1993 or time zero, the life expectancy was 64.6.
In 1998 time 5 the life expectancy was 67.2.
We now have two points and whenever we have two points we
can find a slope.
So we're going to do difference of YS over the difference of XS
and get .52.
Now we know zero 64.6 is really the Y intercept, so we can plug
this directly into Y equal MX plus B.
So E of T equal .5 two t + 64.6.
Now, if we go back and read the directions, the directions
specified in the nearest 10th.
So we're going to have .5 T plus 64.6, and then it wants to know
what happens in 2003.
Well, 2003 is 10 years later, so we're going to put 10 in for tea
.5 * 10 + 64.6 or 5 + 64.6 for 69.6.