During a nationwide program to immunize the population against a new strain of the flu, public health officials determined that the cost of inoculating x% of the susceptible population would be approximately C(x) =1.85 x 100 – x million dollars. a. If money was not a problem, will they be able to providing immunization to the entire susceptible population?

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1. During a nationwide program to immunize the population against a new strain of the flu, public health officials determined that the cost of inoculating x% of the susceptible population would be approximately C(x) =1.85 x 100 – x million dollars.

a. If money was not a problem, will they be able to providing immunization to the entire susceptible population?

2. Find the sum of the first eight terms of the sequence 18, −14, 12 , . . . ..

 

 

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