The following table gives the number of American households (in millions) with cable TV in year t. t = Year 1990 1995 2000 C = Millions of households 52 60 69 (a) Find C(1995).  _____million households (b) Explain what C(1995) means. This means that 60 American households had cable TV in 1995. This means that 60 million American households had cable TV in 1995.     This means that 60 American households had TV in 1995. This means that 60 million American households had TV in 1995. (c) Find the average rate of change per year during the period from 1995 to 2000.  _____million households per year (d) Estimate the value of C(1996) to one decimal place.  _____million households

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The following table gives the number of American households (in millions) with cable TV in year t.

t = Year 1990 1995 2000
C = Millions
of households
52 60 69

(a) Find C(1995).
 _____million households

(b) Explain what C(1995) means.
  1. This means that 60 American households had cable TV in 1995.
  2. This means that 60 million American households had cable TV in 1995.  
  3.   This means that 60 American households had TV in 1995.
  4. This means that 60 million American households had TV in 1995.


(c) Find the average rate of change per year during the period from 1995 to 2000.
 _____million households per year

(d) Estimate the value of C(1996) to one decimal place.
 _____million households
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