Algebra: A Combined Approach (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321726391
ISBN 13: 978-0-32172-639-1

Chapter 11 - Review - Page 832: 71

Answer

a) 93,357 thousand passengers b) 2018

Work Step by Step

a) $y=-70x^2+2793x+72427$ $2010-2000=10$ $x=10$ $y=-70x^2+2793x+72427$ $y=-70*10^2+2793*10+72427$ $y=-70*100+27930+72427$ $y=-7000+100357$ $y=93357$ b) $y=-70x^2+2793x+72427$ $100000=-70x^2+2793x+72427$ $100000-100000=-70x^2+2793x+72427-100000$ $0=-70x^2+2793x-27573$ $a=-70$, $b=2793$, $c=-27573$ $x=(-b±\sqrt {b^2-4ac})/2a$ $x=(-2793±\sqrt {2793^2-4*-70*-27573})/2*-70$ $x=(-2793±\sqrt {7800849-7720440})/-140$ $x=(-2793±\sqrt {80409})/-140$ $x=(-2793±283.565)/-140$ $x=(-2793+283.565)/-140$ $x=-2509.435/-140$ $x=17.92$ $x=(-2793-283.565)/-140$ $x=-3076.565/-140$ $x=21.975$ $17.92<21.975$ $2000+17.92=2017.92$ 2017.92 rounds to 2018
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