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question 15

Multiple Choice

The table gives the yearly U.S. federal budget deficit (as a negative value) or surplus (as a positive value) in billions of dollars from 1990 to 2004. ​ Source: Budget of the United States Government
Assume the federal budget deficit (or surplus) can be modeled with the function , where D is in billions of dollars and t is the number of years past 1980. Use the model to find and interpret the instantaneous rate of change of the U.S. federal deficit (or surplus) in 1995.
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• A)This model predicts a budget deficit increase of $590.3 billion from 1995 to 1996.
• B)This model predicts a budget deficit increase of $81.2 billion from 1995 to 1996.
• C)This model predicts a budget deficit decrease of $811.6billion from 1995 to 1996.
• D)This model predicts a budget deficit decrease of $81.2 billion from 1995 to 1996.
• E)This model predicts a budget deficit decrease of $590.3 billion from 1995 to 1996.

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