B(x)=7.4x^2-15x+4046 D(x)=-3.5x^2+20x+2405
number of births number of deaths

1.Write a function that models the total number of births and deaths in the United States for each year from 2000 through 2005.
2.Use the new function to find the total number of births and deaths in the United States in 2005. Is your answer to item 2 an overestimation or underestimation? By how much?

Question

B(x)=7.4x^2-15x+4046   D(x)=-3.5x^2+20x+2405
 number of births                       number of deaths

1.Write a function that models the total number of births and deaths in the United States for each year from 2000 through 2005. 
2.Use the new function to find the total number of births and deaths in the United States in 2005.  Is your answer to item 2 an overestimation or underestimation?  By how much?

anonymous · Answer

can you give me a good example of a function problem?
 explaining how to find the solution