document.write( "Question 1196927: The value of the Conference Board Index of 10 economic indicators in the United States could be approximated by the following function of time t in months since the end of December 2002.†
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document.write( "E(t) = \r
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document.write( "0.2t + 135 if 6 ≤ t ≤ 15
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document.write( "−0.2t + 141 if 15 < t ≤ 20.
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document.write( "Estimate
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document.write( "E(10), E(16), and E(20).
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document.write( "E(10) =
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document.write( "E(16) =
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document.write( "E(20) =
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document.write( "Interpret your answers.
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document.write( "E(10)
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document.write( " means in
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document.write( " of the year
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document.write( "Correct:
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document.write( " the Conference Board Index was
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document.write( "E(16)
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document.write( " means in
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document.write( "---Select---
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document.write( " of the year
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document.write( " the Conference Board Index was
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document.write( "E(20)
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document.write( " means in
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document.write( " of the year
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document.write( " the Conference Board Index was
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document.write( "(b)
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document.write( "Sketch the graph of E. Use your graph to estimate when the index first reached 138.
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document.write( "t =
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document.write( "(c)
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document.write( "Use technology to generate a table of values for E(t) with
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document.write( "t = 6, 7, , 20.
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document.write( "t 6 7 8 9 10
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document.write( "t 11 12 13 14 15
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document.write( "t 16 17 18 19 20
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document.write( "E(t)
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