The Average Number of Prisoners in a County Jail Is $y = 0.15 x ^ { 2 } + 10.34 x + 114.16$

question 257

Multiple Choice

The average number of prisoners in a county jail is modeled by y $y = 0.15 x ^ { 2 } + 10.34 x + 114.16$ , where x is the number of years after 2000.
1. Graph this function from 0 to 30.
2. Approximate, to the nearest whole number, how many prisoners there will be in 2010.
3. Does this model indicate that the number of prisoners will increase or decrease from 2000 to 2030?

• A) 1. 2. 233 3. increase
• B) 1. 2. 351 3. increase
• C) 1. 2. 233 3. increase
• D) 1. 2. 333 3. increase

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