SOLUTION: Based on information provided by the US Institute on Drug Abuse, the percent y of 18 to 25 year olds who had used hallucinogens between 1974 and 1991 can me modeled by the function

Question 391347: Based on information provided by the US Institute on Drug Abuse, the percent y of 18 to 25 year olds who had used hallucinogens between 1974 and 1991 can me modeled by the function y= .025x^3-.7x^2+4.43x+16.77, where x=0 corresponds to the year 1974. In what year did the type of drug reach its minimum?
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Based on information provided by the US Institute on Drug Abuse, the percent y of 18 to 25 year olds who had used hallucinogens between 1974 and 1991 can me modeled by the function y= .025x^3-.7x^2+4.43x+16.77, where x=0 corresponds to the year 1974. In what year did the type of drug reach its minimum?
y= .025x^3-.7x^2+4.43x+16.77
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Ans: Mimlmum occurs at x = 14.629
Minimum occurs in 1974+14.629 in 1989
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