Statins are used to keep cholesterol in check and are a top-selling drug in the U. S. The equation
S-1.7x = 5.2
gives the amount of sales (S) of statin in billions of dollars x years after 1998. According to this equation, how much
will/did people in the U. S. spend on statins in the year 2006?

18.8

Step-by-step explanation:

To find our x-value, we need to subtract 1998 from 2006

2006-1998=x=8

Now we plug it into the equation given

S=1.7x+5.2 (as you can see I manipulated it so that we can solve for S)

S=1.7(8)+5.2

S=13.6+5.2

S=18.8

is should be y = 5x

step-by-step explanation:

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