Question

y=-.029x^2 +.286x+1.093. predict the years when the number of accidents will be 1.55

Answer 1

Is x or y the years? the number of accidents?

Answer 2

x

Answer 3

x is the years and y is the number of accidents?

Answer 4

sorry its the other way around, y is the years and x is the number of accidents

Answer 5

Okay so we need to solve for y when x=1.55.\[y=-0.029x^2 +0.286x+1.093=-0.029(1.55)^2 +0.286(1.55)+1.093\]

Answer 6

Can you calculate that?

Answer 7

yes