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Work these problems. (See Examples 6, 7, and 8.)
Veterans Benefits The total expenditures on benefits for U.S. veterans (in billions of dollars) can be approximated by the function
where
a. What were the amount for total expenditures in 2013?
b. What was the first full year in which expenditures exceeded $110 billion?
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