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question 54

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 data to find an average rate of change that approximates the instantaneous rate in 1996.
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• A)The budget deficit increased by an average rate of $85.5 billion from 1996 to 1997.
• B)The budget deficit increased by an average rate of $831.3 billion from 1996 to 1997.
• C)The budget deficit decreased by an average rate of $85.5 billion from 1996 to 1997.
• D)The budget deficit decreased by an average rate of $83.1 billion from 1996 to 1997.
• E)The budget deficit decreased by an average rate of $469.9 billion from 1996 to 1997.

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