document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=285865>Question 285865</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 3.	The yearly cost T, in thousands of dollars, of tuition and required fees at a private college (includes two- and four-year schools and does not include room and board) can be approximated by where n is the number of years since 1985. That is, corresponds to 1985, corresponds to 1990, and so on. Show your work and explain each answer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2003<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a.	Find the cost of tuition in 1985, 1996, 2000, and 2004.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b.	Graph the equation and then use the graph to estimate the cost of tuition in 2005.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c.Predict the year in which the cost of tuition will be $23,000. Explain your answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4.Show that the ordered pairs (-4, -3) and (-1, 3) are solutions of the equation  . Then use the graph of the straight line containing the two points to determine another solution.  Show your work and explain your answer. \r<BR>\n" );
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