In a particular country, railroad miles have been on the decline, and the miles of the roads in the highway system have been increasing. The function y=1603.3x+135,229 represents the railroad miles, while the function y=541.1x+156,417 models the number of highway miles. for each function, x is the number of years after 1992 Find the year in which it is estimated that the number of the country's railroad miles and the number of the country's highway miles were the same.  It is estimated that the number of railroad miles and the number of highway miles were the same during the year ___________ (round down to the nearest year

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In a particular country, railroad miles have been on the decline, and the miles of the roads in the highway system have been increasing. The function y=1603.3x+135,229 represents the railroad miles, while the function y=541.1x+156,417 models the number of highway miles. for each function, x is the number of years after 1992

Find the year in which it is estimated that the number of the country's railroad miles and the number of the country's highway miles were the same. 

It is estimated that the number of railroad miles and the number of highway miles were the same during the year ___________ (round down to the nearest year

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