Find the Value $f ( x ) = - 100 + 87 \ln x$

question 455

Multiple Choice

Find the value. Give an approximation to four decimal places.
-The logarithmic function $f ( x ) = - 100 + 87 \ln x$ models the number of visitors (in millions) to a certain country's museums, where $x$ is the number of years since the initial recording of the number of visitors. Use this function to estimate the number of visitors in year 60 . Round to the nearest tenth of a year.

• A) \(384.3\) million
• B) \(256.2\) million
• C) \(192.2\) million
• D) \(128.1\) million

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