document.write( "Question 673226: A) Find an equation in the form ax^2+bx+c=0 that can be used to determine the first year in which the population of US prisons was approximately 1216 people.
\n" ); document.write( "P=2x^2+18x+332\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "B)Now factorthe equation to solve it and specify the first year in which the population was approximately 1216 thousand people.\r
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A) Find an equation in the form ax^2+bx+c=0 that can be used to determine the first year in which the population of US prisons was approximately 1216 people.
\n" ); document.write( "P(x) = 2x^2+18x+332
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\n" ); document.write( "Solve:
\n" ); document.write( "2x^2+18x+332-1216 = 0
\n" ); document.write( "2x^2 + 18x - 884 = 0
\n" ); document.write( "Do Not Solve Yet
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\n" ); document.write( "B)Now factor the equation to solve it and specify the first year in which the population was approximately 1216 thousand people.
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 + 9x - 442 = 0
\n" ); document.write( "(x-17)(x+26) = 0
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\n" ); document.write( "Positive solution:
\n" ); document.write( "x = 17 years
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