Question

the sales of lawn mowers t years after a particular model is introduced is given by the function y=5500 ln(9t+4) where y is the number of mowers sold. how many mowers will be sold 6 years after a model is introduced, round answer to the nearest whole number

Answer 1

Plug what you know into the formula given.
What would t be?

Answer 2

t would be 6 years, making that 58 after adding four to it, im just stuck on what i'm t'do after that because I don't have a calculator capable of squat :P

Answer 3

Oh, I see. I'll give you a little help then. :)
y=5500 ln(58)
ln(58) = 4.06044301055
Do you know what to do now?

Answer 4

haha, yeah im not just asking people to do it for me I have the general idea xD and honestly no im not sure, the only thing I could think to do would be to multiply it by the 5500

Answer 5

Well, yeah. But since you know how to do the problem, what are you asking for help with? Am I not answering correctly?

Answer 6

so im right? Ive never done this kind of math before, and i kind of need to pass this to continue college xD i just don't know what to do with the 5500 and the 4.whatever decimal, all im asking is how to get the final answer, because i understand the basic pencil paper steps just not the calculator parts

Answer 7

Yep, you are right!
You multiply 5500 by 4.06044301055, and that gets you your final answer.

Answer 8

cool, thanks mate!

Answer 9

No problem!