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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> PROBLEM 23---BUSINESS APPLICATION\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "THE YEARLY SPENDING (IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS) BY US ADVERTISERS TO PROMOTE PRODUCTS TO LATINOS IS SHOWN IN THE TABLE:::***\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "        YEAR  |  SPENDING<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "         2000 |  2.1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         2001 |  2.2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         2002 |  2.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         2003 |  2.8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         2004 |  3.1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  (A) LET   X = 0 CORRESPOND TO 2000.  USE (0, 2.1) AS THE VERTEX AND THE DATA FROM 2004 TO FIND THE QUADRATIC FUNCTION g (x) = a( x-h)2 (**note: the 2 here is an exponet 2)+ k that models this data.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "   (B) USE THE MODEL TO ESTIMATE ADVERTISER'S SPENDING IN 2006 AND 2008.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "***NOTE: I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT I COULDN'T WRITE QUADRATIC EXPRESSION WITH THE APPROPIATE OR CORRECT SYMBOLS IN THE SPACE PROVIDED BECAUSE THE SCREEN DOESN'T LET CUT & PASTE OR EDIT LIKE A WORD PROCESSOR, ETC..(EX. THE NUMBER 2 AFTER THE a(X-h) PARENTHESIS AN EXPONENT AND NOT A WHOLE NUMBER. THANK YOU<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "quadratic forecast:    y - a*x^2 + b*x + c,     \r<BR>\n" );
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