The Number of Millions of Short Tons of Carbon Monoxide

question 164

Multiple Choice

The number of millions of short tons of carbon monoxide emissions y in the United States can be described by , where x is the number of years past 1970 (Source: Environmental Protection Agency) . Use a graphing utility to plot this function and then use the graph to determine how many short tons of emissions occurred in 2005? ​

• A)193.60 million short tons
• B)698.57 million short tons
• C)69.76 million short tons
• D)412.97 million short tons
• E)110.57 million short tons

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