Question: The number of Starbucks stores worldwide in 2006 was 12,440. In 2014, there were 21,368 Starbucks stores worldwide. Let y represent the number of Starbucks stores worldwide in the year x, where x = 0 represents the year 2006.

1. Write the ordered pairs represented by the information given in the statement above and find the slope of the line through them.
2. Write a linear equation in slope-intercept form that models the growth in the number of Starbucks stores worldwide in terms of x.
3. Use this equation to predict the number of Starbucks stores worldwide in the year 2030.
4. State the slope of this line and explain specifically what it means in the context of this problem.

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