Answer
A slope of 15.6 means that there is an annual increase of $15.6(1000)=15600$ people employed as network system and data communications analysts in the United States each year after 2008.
Work Step by Step
The given equation has x=number of years after 2008 and y=number of people, in thousands, employed as network system and data communications
analysts in the United States.
$\\\\$From Part A of this item, the slope was found to be 15.6..
$\\\\$A slope of 15.6 means that there is an annual increase of $15.6(1000)=15600$ people employed as network system and data communications analysts in the United States each year after 2008.
