document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1104549>Question 1104549</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this word problem: in 1997, there were a total of 1,316,999 bankruptcies filed under the Bankruptcy Reform Act. The model for the number of bankruptcies filed is B(t)=0.798*1.164^t, where t is the number of years since 1994 and B is the number of bankruptcies filed in terms of millions (administrative office in US courts, statistical tables for the federal judiciary). In what year is it predicted that 12 million bankruptcies will be filed? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #853917 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39790)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=853917\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> B is in the millions.  Just plugging into the formula,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t looks like about 17.8 years. </SPAN>\n" );
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