Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter P - Section P.8 - Modeling with Equations - Exercise Set - Page 122: 6

Answer

$5$ years from 2014 is the year $2019$.

Work Step by Step

Let x be the number of years after 2014. 11.3 increased by $0.2x\quad=11.3+0.2x $ We want to find the x for which this equals $12.3.$ $ 11.3+0.2x=12.3 \qquad $ ... subtract $11.3$ $0.2x=12.3-11.3$ $ 0.5x=1.0 \qquad $ ... multiply with 5 $ x=5$ $5$ years from 2014 is the year $2019$.
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