document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1184500>Question 1184500</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> in 1998, the sports league introduced a salary cap that limits the amount of money spent on players’ salary. the quadratic model y=0.2313x^2+2.600x+35.17 approximates this cap in millions of dollars for the years 1998-2012, where x=0 represents 1998, x=1 represents 1999, and so on. complete parts a and b.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) approximate the sports league salary cap in 2008.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) according to the model, in what year did the salary cap reach 95 million dollars?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #815103 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=815103\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> y=0.2313x^2+2.600x+35.17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=10 in 2008 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "so y=23.13+26+35.17=$84.31 million.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "95=0.2313x^2+2.600x+35.17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or y 0.2313x^2+2.600x-59.83<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=(1/0.4626)(-2.600+sqrt(6.76+55.354)); sqrt term=7.88<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=11.42 years <BR>\n" );
document.write( "this would be 2010.<BR>\n" );
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