Question

The average number of welfare cases during 1999-2004 in a city is given by the model y=-117x^2 -108x +15,028, where x is the number of years after 1995.
a) what x-value corresponds to the years 2001?

Answer 1

x is the number of years after 1995.
How many years after 1995 is 2001?

Answer 2

6 oh ok

Answer 3

But what x-value corresponds to the year 2004?

Answer 4

Hint: 2004-1995

Answer 5

It can't be that simple

Answer 6

That's the x value, not the solution to the whole problem

Answer 7

So how many welfare cases were there in 2003?

Answer 8

117x^2 -108x +15,028 for x=9

Answer 9

said evaluate y

Answer 10

Yes, that's what y will equal. Put in 9 for x

Answer 11

It would equal 4579, it said thats not it