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Roger and natalie travel in similar cars. roger's car drives the two miles to school in 7.5 minutes. natalie drives the same distance in the opposite direction but in only 6.5 minutes. what is true of their velocities?

The minimum wage in washington has been increasing over the last ten years. years 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 washington state minimum wage $6.50 $6.72 $6.90 $7.01 $7.16 $7.35 $7.63 $7.93 $8.07 $8.55 $8.55 a) find the linear regression equation for the minimum wage in washington using this data ( x  0 in 2000). round to the thousandths. b) what is the slope? specifically, what does the slope represent in the real world context? c) what is the y-intercept? specifically, what does the y-intercept represent in the real world context? d) write your equation as a function of x. e) if you do not earn a college degree and you are earning minimum wage in 2020, what do you predict you will be earning per hour with the linear regression equation? f) if the trend continues, when will the minimum wage be $15 an hour? 3. why are your answers to #1d and #2a above different? which do you think is more accurate (#1 or #2) and why

Question 3 (essay worth 10 points) (03.06 mc) part a: max rented a motorbike at $465 for 5 days. if he rents the same motorbike for a week, he has to pay a total rent of $625. write an equation in the standard form to represent the total rent (y) that max has to pay for renting the motorbike for x days. (4 points) part b: write the equation obtained in part a using function notation. (2 points) part c: describe the steps to graph the equation obtained above on the coordinate axes. mention the labels on the axes and the intervals. (4 points)