document.write( "Question 93053: I have the following word problem and I don't know where to biggin answering it.
\n" ); document.write( "For 1980 through 1998, the population (in thousands) of Hawaii can be modeled by 13.2t+ 965 where t is the number of years since 1980. What was the population of Hawaii in 1998? What was the population increase from 1980 to 1998? I believe i am to make an equation such as: 13.2(14)+965 btu i don't know where to go from there. \n" ); document.write( "
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For 1980 through 1998, the population (in thousands) of Hawaii can be modeled by 13.2t+ 965 where t is the number of years since 1980. What was the population of Hawaii in 1998? What was the population increase from 1980 to 1998?
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\n" ); document.write( "P(t) = 13.2t + 965
\n" ); document.write( "1998 is 8 years after 1980 so let t=8.
\n" ); document.write( "P(8) = 13.2*8 + 965
\n" ); document.write( "P(8) = 1070.6
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\n" ); document.write( "1980 is 0 years after 1080 so let t=0.
\n" ); document.write( "P(0) = 965
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\n" ); document.write( "Increase from 1980 to 1998 = 1070.6-965 = 105.6 thousand\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.\r
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