Nuclear Waste The table gives the heavy metal nuclear waste (in thousands of metric tons) from spent reactor fuel stored temporarily at reactor sites, awaiting permanent storage. (Source: “Burial of Radioactive Nuclear Waste under the Seabed,” Scientific American, January 1998. p.
Heavy MetalNuclear Waste | |
Yearx | WasteY |
1995 | 32 |
2000 | 42 |
2010 | 61 |
2020* | 76 |
*Estimate by the U.S. Department of Energy. |
Let
(a) Use (0, 32) and (25, 76) to find the equation of a line that approximates the other ordered pairs. Use the form
(b) Use the equation from part (a) to estimate the amount of nuclear waste in 2018.
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