Alcohol-Related Traffic Accidents As a consequence of increasingly rigid rules aimed at decreasing the number of alcohol-related traffic accidents in a particular state, initial data shows that the number of such accidents has changed at a rate of R(t) = -18 - te0.2t accidents/month t months after the rules took effect. There were 2040 alcohol-related accidents for the year prior to the rules' implementation. Choose how many alcohol-related accidents were anticipated in the first year the rules were in effect.

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As a consequence of increasingly rigid rules aimed at decreasing the number of alcohol-related traffic accidents in a particular state, initial data shows that the number of such accidents has changed at a rate of

R(t) = -18 - te0.2t

accidents/month t months after the rules took effect. There were 2040 alcohol-related accidents for the year prior to the rules' implementation. Choose how many alcohol-related accidents were anticipated in the first year the rules were in effect.

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