The amount of red meat consumed in the United States has remained fairly constant in recent years while the amount of poultry consumed has increased during those years, as shown by the data in the table below.

a) Find linear regression functions r(x) and p(x) that represent red meat consumption and poultry consumption, respectively, in billions of pounds x years after 1995.
b) Use the functions found in part (a) to estimate when poultry consumption will equal red meat consumption.

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U.S. Red Meat Consumption (in billions of pounds) U.S. Poultry Consumption (in billions of pounds) Year 1995 2000 2005 2009 43.967 46.560 47.385 47.227 25.944 30.508 34.947 34.116