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A coastline is lost to erosion at a constant rate. The graph shows the amount of coastline lost overtime . How many years will it take to lose 48 feet of the coastline

A coastline is lost to erosion at a constant rate. The graph shows the amount of coastline-example-1

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48 years falls between 40 to 50 on the graph

If you trace from a point close to 50 on the y -axis to meet the slope line

the point of intersection between the trace and the slope line, trace it down to x-axis

The value falls in between 6years and 9 years

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