The following formula models the number of prison inmates, P, in thousands, who are in U.S. prisons x years after 1980.

P = 2 x^2+16 x+334

A) Find an equation in the form ax^2 + bx + c = 0

Question

The following formula models the number of prison inmates, P, in thousands, who are in U.S. prisons x years after 1980.

P = 2 x^2+16 x+334

A) Find an equation in the form ax^2 + bx + c = 0

anonymous · Answer

Your function is already in ax^2 + bx + c form. Isn't it?

anonymous · Answer

oops, * that you can use to solve determine the first year in which the population of U.S. prisons was approximately 814 thousand people.

anonymous · Answer

Since your equation gives prison population, so why dont you just take that function and set it equal to 814?

anonymous · Answer

Wow I did not see that, haha thank you