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The Environmental Protection Agency lists among its "Climate Change Indicators" the increase in severity of wildfires in the U.S. over time. In 1993, the total area burned by wildfires was 1.8 million acres. In 2013, the total area burned by wildfires was 5.8 million acres. Draft linear equation in slope-intercept form that models this growth. Let x stand for the number of years after 1993 and let y stand for the total area burned by wildfires in millions of acres.