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?

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Walter Salazar

26 March, 03:54

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?

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Karma Love · Answer 1

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

Mini Mini · Answer 2

18.8 billion dollars

Step-by-step explanation:

S - 1.7x = 5.2

x = 2006 - 1998 = 8

S - 1.7 (8) = 5.2

S - 13.6 = 5.2

S = 5.2 + 13.6

S = 18.8

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

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?