needing help figuring out this word problem please..

[beckybasye]

Gross domestic box office is the amount of money made by movies in theaters in the United States. In the year 1998 the total gross domestic box office was 6.9 billion. In 2008 the total gross domestic box office was 9.6 billion.

Find a linear function modeling this relationship. Let M(t) represent the gross domestic box office (in billions) t years after 1990.

 

[DrPhil]

gross domestic box office is the amount of money made by movies in theaters in the united states. In the year 1998 the total gross domestic box office was 6.9 billion. In 2008 the total gross domestic box office was 9.6 billion.

Find a linear function modeling this relationship. Let m(t) represent the gross domestic box office (in billions) t years after 1990.

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