The table lists numbers N of employees (in millions) of a supermarket x years after 1980. x 7 12 17 22 27 N 0.21 0.36 0.67 1.4 2.3 (a) Find a power function f that models the data in the table. (b) Use f to predict the number of employees in the year 2010. Did your answer involve interpolation or extrapolation? (c) When did the number of employees first reach 1 million?

The table lists numbers N of employees (in millions) of a supermarket x years after 1980. x 7 12 17 22 27 N 0.21 0.36 0.67 1.4 2.3 (a) Find a power function f that models the data in the table. (b) Use f to predict the number of employees in the year 2010. Did your answer involve interpolation or extrapolation? (c) When did the number of employees first reach 1 million?

College Algebra

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168383

Author:Jay Abramson

Publisher:Jay Abramson

Chapter6: Exponential And Logarithmic Functions

Section: Chapter Questions

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