Precalculus (6th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 013421742X
ISBN 13: 978-0-13421-742-0

Chapter 2 - Graphs and Functions - 2.8 Function Operations and Composition - 2.8 Exercises - Page 287: 26

Answer

$400,000$, $ 600,000$, $ 1,000,000$

Work Step by Step

Use the graph provided in the exercise, locate year 2008 on the horizontal axis, go vertically and find the intersects to each curve, we can estimate $M(2012)\approx400,000$, $F(2012)\approx600,000$, and $T(2012)=M(2012)+F(2012)\approx1,000,000$
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