In January, the manager of a music company released two new songs: 'Rock2U' and 'Shining Lights'. In February, a new song 'My Sweetie' was released. A user pays 2 zeds for each download of any one of the songs. The following graph shows the number of downloads from January to June.
The manager is worried because the number of downloads for 'Shining Lights' has decreased from February to June. What is the best estimate of downloads for July if the same negative trend continues for ‘Shining Lights’?
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Based on the given data, the number of downloads for 'Shining Lights' has been steadily decreasing since February. To calculate the best estimate for downloads in July, we can use linear extrapolation. This means we can estimate the trend for future values based on the current trend shown in the data. Using this method, we can estimate that the number of downloads for 'Shining Lights' in July will likely be around 750.
