The amount of trash in a county landfill is modeled by the function T(x) = 190x +34,000 where x is the number of years since 1996 and T(x) is measured in thousands of tons. (a) Sketch a graph of T y 40000 40000 38000 38000 36000 36000 34000 34000 32000 32000 X X 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 10 15 20 25 30 35 (b) What is the slope of the graph? X Your answer cannot be understood or graded. More Information (c) At what rate is the amount of trash in the landfill increasing per year? Xthousand tons per year 40
The amount of trash in a county landfill is modeled by the function T(x) = 190x +34,000 where x is the number of years since 1996 and T(x) is measured in thousands of tons. (a) Sketch a graph of T y 40000 40000 38000 38000 36000 36000 34000 34000 32000 32000 X X 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 10 15 20 25 30 35 (b) What is the slope of the graph? X Your answer cannot be understood or graded. More Information (c) At what rate is the amount of trash in the landfill increasing per year? Xthousand tons per year 40
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Chapter9: Quadratic Functions And Equations
Section9.6: Solving Quadratic Equations By Using The Quadratic Formula
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