Where Have All the Salmon Gone?         The world is a huge balance of give and take. When one side abuses it's "taking" privileges the balance is thrown off. For many years the salmon runs were big and plentiful many people benefited from the abundance of salmon and the salmon's lives were indeed better. The nations growth in population and need of resources actually took things away from the salmon such as habitats and their lives. …showed first 75 words of 706 total…

…showed last 75 words of 706 total…population has drastically decreased. Many things have been done to the salmon that they couldn't overcome and caused a dramatic drop in the salmon count. This table shows the number of salmon from 1986 to 2000.           I took the two best points that would represent the data to form a straight line and came up with the equation: M = (876.3 - 380.6) / (1-10) M = 495.7 / -9 M = -55.07 Y - 876.3 = -55.07 ( x -1) Y - 876.3 = -55.07x + 55.07 Y = -55.07x + 931.37