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U.S. Tax Code. Over the years, the U.S. tax code has become increasingly complex. For example, the length of the instruction book for the 1040 tax form increased exponentially from 2 pages in 1935 to 211 pages in 2015.
Data: National Taxpayers Union
a. Let
b. Use the function found in part (a) to estimate the total number of pages in the instruction book in 2020.
c. When will there be 300 pages in the instruction book?
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