The average admission prices P for movie theaters from 2001 through 2008 can be approximated by the model P = 0.0103t2 + 0.119t + 5.55,     1 ≤ t ≤ 8 where t represents the year, with t = 1 corresponding to 2001.† (a) Use the model to complete the table to determine when the average admission price reached or surpassed $6.50. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) t P 1 $  2 $  3 $  4 $  5 $  6 $  7 $  8 $  The average admission price reached or surpassed $6.50 sometime in 2002.The average admission price reached or surpassed $6.50 sometime in 2003.    The average admission price reached or surpassed $6.50 sometime in 2004.The average admission price reached or surpassed $6.50 sometime in 2005.The average admission price reached or surpassed $6.50 sometime in 2006. (b) Verify your result from part (a) algebraically. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) t =  yrs (c) Use the model to predict the average admission price for movie theaters in 2012. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) $  Is this prediction reasonable? How does this value compare with the admission price where you live?

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The average admission prices P for movie theaters from 2001 through 2008 can be approximated by the model

P = 0.0103t2 + 0.119t + 5.55,     1 ≤ t ≤ 8

where t represents the year, with t = 1 corresponding to 2001.†

(a) Use the model to complete the table to determine when the average admission price reached or surpassed $6.50. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
t P
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

The average admission price reached or surpassed $6.50 sometime in 2002.The average admission price reached or surpassed $6.50 sometime in 2003.    The average admission price reached or surpassed $6.50 sometime in 2004.The average admission price reached or surpassed $6.50 sometime in 2005.The average admission price reached or surpassed $6.50 sometime in 2006.

(b) Verify your result from part (a) algebraically. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
t =  yrs

(c) Use the model to predict the average admission price for movie theaters in 2012. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)


Is this prediction reasonable? How does this value compare with the admission price where you live?
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