100. Cost of Education The cost of K-12 education per student was $2200 in 1978 and in- creased to $10,300 in 2008. (Source: Department of Education.) a. Find a formula for a lin- ear function C that models this cost in dollars, where x is years after 1978. b. Estimate when this cost was more than $7600.

100. Cost of Education The cost of K-12 education per student was $2200 in 1978 and in- creased to $10,300 in 2008. (Source: Department of Education.) a. Find a formula for a lin- ear function C that models this cost in dollars, where x is years after 1978. b. Estimate when this cost was more than $7600.

Functions and Change: A Modeling Approach to College Algebra (MindTap Course List)

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337111348

Author:Bruce Crauder, Benny Evans, Alan Noell

Publisher:Bruce Crauder, Benny Evans, Alan Noell

Chapter1: Functions

Section1.1: Functions Given By Formulas

Problem 26SBE: What Formulas Mean In Exercises S-25 through S-33, you are asked to relate functional notation to...

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