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By yourself, use the model to predict the number of
violent crimes in the year 2020.
violent Crimes in the United States
The linear equation that best models this
relationship is y = -31,256x + 1,773,900, where
x represents the number of years since 1993 and
y represents the number of violent crimes.
Number of Violent Crimes Committed
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1800000
1600000
1400000
1200000
1000000
800000
600000
400000
200000
Assuming the trend continues, use the model to
predict the number of violent crimes in the year
2020
06 24 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Years Since 1993
Source: United States Department of Justice, https://ucr.fbi.gov/
from Math Nation, Section 10 - Topic 4. Independent Practice