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College Algebra in Context with Applications for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences 3rd Edition by Ronald J Harshbarger, Lisa Yocco

Edition 3ISBN: 032157060X
book College Algebra in Context with Applications for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences 3rd Edition by Ronald J Harshbarger, Lisa Yocco cover

College Algebra in Context with Applications for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences 3rd Edition by Ronald J Harshbarger, Lisa Yocco

Edition 3ISBN: 032157060X
Exercise 33
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Consider the following data:

Year

Federal Funds ($ billions)

1965

1.82

1970

2.28

1975

3.42

1980

5.80

1985

8.84

1990

12.61

1995

15.68

1998

18.48

1999

20.24

2000

21.02

(a)

Create a quadratic function that models the data.

Let y be the population in millions and x be the number of from 1960.

That is x = 0 for 1960, x = 10 for 1970, x = 20 for 1980 and so on.

So the table becomes,

x

y

5

1.82

10

2.28

15

3.42

20

5.80

25

8.84

30

12.61

35

15.68

38

18.48

39

20.24

40

21.02


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