SOLUTION: The population of a village can be modelled by the function P(x)= -22.5x^2+428x+1100, where x is the number of years since 1990. According to the model, when will the population be

Question 1032910: The population of a village can be modelled by the function P(x)= -22.5x^2+428x+1100, where x is the number of years since 1990. According to the model, when will the population be the highest?
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Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The x-value for the vertex ( maximum in this case )
is given by the formula:
when the equation has the form

The population is highest in June of 1999
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