Question

According to data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the approximate population y (in millions) of Los Angeles between 1950 and 2000 is given by y = 0, 0000113x ^ 3 - 0.000922x ^ 2 + 0.0538x + 1.97 where 0 corresponds to 1950. Determine the year in which the population of Los Angeles reached million

Answer 1

in this case, x represents the years since 1950 (x = 0 is 1950, x = 1 is 1951, etc.)

simply set the population to 1 million, solve for x (use a calculator for this) and then add 1950 to your result to get the year