1) In order to predict the number of students applying to Yorkville University, one of the registrars has used a linear regression model with the following equation where x represents the number of years from now and y represents the number of students:

Y = 852 x + 1045

a) How many applications does Yorkville expect to receive in 3 years from now?

b) How do you interpret the value 852? How about 1045?