Question 1147582: The following formula models the number of prison inmates, P, in thousands, who are in U.S. prisons x years after 1980.
P=2x^2+16x+320
Find the first year in which the population of U.S. prisons was approximately 800 thousand people.
The population reached 800 thousand people in the year ______
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The following formula models the number of prison inmates, P, in thousands, who are in U.S. prisons x years after 1980.
P=2x^2+16x+320
Find the first year in which the population of U.S. prisons was approximately 800 thousand people.
The population reached 800 thousand people in the year ______
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The population reached 800 thousand people in the year ______
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