An epidemic: During a certain flu epidemic, the total number T of patients diagnosed with the flu after d days is given in the table below. a. Check differences to show that these are linear data. b....

An epidemic: During a certain flu epidemic, the total number T of patients diagnosed with the flu after d days is given in the table below.

a. Check differences to show that these are linear data.

b. What is the practical meaning of the slope?

c. Find the slope.

d. Use a formula to express T as a linear function of d.

e. What would you expect to be the total number of diagnosed flu cases after 17 days?