SOLUTION: The cost (in millions of dollars) for a 30-second ad during the TV broadcast of a major sporting event can be approximated by the rational expression ​​0.03x squared +0.345x+0.

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Question 1152568: The cost (in millions of dollars) for a 30-second ad during the TV broadcast of a major sporting event can be approximated by the rational expression ​​0.03x squared +0.345x+0.9 over x+4; where x=0 corresponds to 1980.
If this trend continues, will the cost of an ad reach $4 million by 2020 and how much will an ad cost in 2020?

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If x=0 corresponds to 1980, than x=40 corresponds to 2020. If you plug in x=40 into %280.03x%5E2%2B0.345x%2B0.9%29%2F%28x%2B4%29 you get 1.425. Therefore, the cost for an ad will not reach $4 million in 2020 and the price will be $1,425,000. A graph of it is