SOLUTION: In 1995, the sports league introduced a salary cap that limits the amount of money spent on players' salaries. The quadratic model y=0.2313x2+2.600x+35.17 approximates this cap in

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Question 1163641: In 1995, the sports league introduced a salary cap that limits the amount of money spent on players' salaries. The quadratic model y=0.2313x2+2.600x+35.17 approximates this cap in millions of dollars for the years 1995-2006, where x=0 represents 1995, x=1 represents 1996, and so on. Complete parts a and b.
a) Approximate the sports league salary cap in .
b) According to the model, in what year did the salary cap reach 65 million dollars?

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In 1995, the sports league introduced a salary cap that limits the amount of money spent on players' salaries. The quadratic model y=0.2313x2+2.600x+35.17 approximates this cap in millions of dollars for the years 1995-2006, where x=0 represents 1995, x=1 represents 1996, and so on. Complete parts a and b.
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a) Approximate the sports league salary cap in .
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WHAT?

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b) According to the model, in what year did the salary cap reach 65 million dollars?
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0.2313x%5E2%2B2.6x%2B35.17=65
Simplify and solve this.