Total expenditures in a country (in billions of dollars) are increasing at a rate of f(x) = 9.28x + 87.17, where × = 0 corresponds to the year 2000. Total expenditures were $1591.3 billion in 2002. a. Find a function that gives the total expenditures x years after 2000 b. What will total expenditures be in 2016?

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Total expenditures in a country (in billions of dollars) are increasing at a rate of f(x) = 9.28x + 87.17, where × = 0 corresponds to the year 2000. Total expenditures were $1591.3 billion in 2002.

a. Find a function that gives the total expenditures x years after 2000

b. What will total expenditures be in 2016?

 

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