SOLUTION: The following formula models the number of prison inmates, P, in thousands who are in US prisons x years after 1980.
P=2x^2+20x+328
Find the first year in which the populatio
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P=2x^2+20x+328
Find the first year in which the populatio
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Question 672812: The following formula models the number of prison inmates, P, in thousands who are in US prisons x years after 1980.
P=2x^2+20x+328
Find the first year in which the population of US prisons was approximately 440,000 people.
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