Question 886274
Plug in x = 3 to get



f(x)=0.5x^2+68.9x+1852


f(3)=0.5(3)^2+68.9(3)+1852


f(3)=2063.2



So there were approximately <font color="red">2,063</font> first year students in 1993 (I rounded to the nearest whole number).