116. Vehicle Sales In 2009 new motor vehicle sales in the United States were 10,602 thousand. In 2013 the figure had increased to 15,844 thousand. (a) Find a linear function P(x) = ax + b that models the number of vehicle sales x years after 2009. A (b) Interpret the slope of the graph of y = P(x). (c) Use P(x) to approximate the number of vehicle sales in 2011. (d) Assuming the model continued past 2013, what would be the number of sales in 2015?

116. Vehicle Sales In 2009 new motor vehicle sales in the United States were 10,602 thousand. In 2013 the figure had increased to 15,844 thousand. (a) Find a linear function P(x) = ax + b that models the number of vehicle sales x years after 2009. A (b) Interpret the slope of the graph of y = P(x). (c) Use P(x) to approximate the number of vehicle sales in 2011. (d) Assuming the model continued past 2013, what would be the number of sales in 2015?

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