Solve the Problem $\sum _ { \mathrm { i } = 1 } ^ { 8 } \mathrm { a } _ { \mathrm { i } }$

question 42

Multiple Choice

Solve the problem.
-The bar graph below shows a company's yearly profits from 2003 to 2011. Let an represent the company's profit, in millions, in year n, where n = 1 corresponds to 2003, n = 2 corresponds to 2004, and so on.
Find $\sum _ { \mathrm { i } = 1 } ^ { 8 } \mathrm { a } _ { \mathrm { i } }$

• A) \(\$ 490.9\) million
• B) \(\$ 127.8\) million
• C) \$544.6 million
• D) \(\$ 528.5\) million

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