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1986 was the year that Halley's Comet was seen, write a function to represent a linear function for Halley's Comet for the next 5 times the comet will be seen.

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Answer:

2061

Explanation:

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User Adam Coulombe
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Answer: y(k) = 75.32*k + 1986

Steps:

Orbital period ‎of the Halley's comet is 75.32 years. Set up a function with variable k denoting the "k-th" time the comet is seen again since last sighting in 1986:

y(k) = 75.32*k + 1986

The function value is the year (including decimal fraction) when the comet will be seen for the k-the time since 1986.

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