A university had enrollments of 40,567 students in 2000 and 44,109 students in 2008 at its main campus. (a) Assuming the enrollment growth is linear, find a linear model that gives the enrollment in terms of the year t, where t = 0 corresponds to 2000.
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(6) Use your model from part (a) to predict the enrollments in 2010 and 2015. (Round your answers to the nearest whole number.)
44993
2010
2015
X students
X students
(c) What is the slope of your model?
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(d) Explain the meaning of the slope in the context of the situation.