The following table gives the number of American households (in millions) with cable TV in year t. t = Year 1990 1995 2000 C = Millions of households 52 60 69 (a) Find C(1995).  _____million households (b) Explain what C(1995) means. This means that 60 American households had cable TV in 1995. This means that 60 million American households had cable TV in 1995.     This means that 60 American households had TV in 1995. This means that 60 million American households had TV in 1995. (c) Find the average rate of change per year during the period from 1995 to 2000.  _____million households per year (d) Estimate the value of C(1996) to one decimal place.  _____million households

Advanced Engineering Mathematics
10th Edition
ISBN:9780470458365
Author:Erwin Kreyszig
Publisher:Erwin Kreyszig
Chapter2: Second-order Linear Odes
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1RQ
Topic Video
Question

The following table gives the number of American households (in millions) with cable TV in year t.

t = Year 1990 1995 2000
C = Millions
of households
52 60 69

(a) Find C(1995).
 _____million households

(b) Explain what C(1995) means.
  1. This means that 60 American households had cable TV in 1995.
  2. This means that 60 million American households had cable TV in 1995.  
  3.   This means that 60 American households had TV in 1995.
  4. This means that 60 million American households had TV in 1995.


(c) Find the average rate of change per year during the period from 1995 to 2000.
 _____million households per year

(d) Estimate the value of C(1996) to one decimal place.
 _____million households
Expert Solution
steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps with 1 images

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Discrete Probability Distributions
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, advanced-math and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Recommended textbooks for you
Advanced Engineering Mathematics
Advanced Engineering Mathematics
Advanced Math
ISBN:
9780470458365
Author:
Erwin Kreyszig
Publisher:
Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Numerical Methods for Engineers
Numerical Methods for Engineers
Advanced Math
ISBN:
9780073397924
Author:
Steven C. Chapra Dr., Raymond P. Canale
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Introductory Mathematics for Engineering Applicat…
Introductory Mathematics for Engineering Applicat…
Advanced Math
ISBN:
9781118141809
Author:
Nathan Klingbeil
Publisher:
WILEY
Mathematics For Machine Technology
Mathematics For Machine Technology
Advanced Math
ISBN:
9781337798310
Author:
Peterson, John.
Publisher:
Cengage Learning,
Basic Technical Mathematics
Basic Technical Mathematics
Advanced Math
ISBN:
9780134437705
Author:
Washington
Publisher:
PEARSON
Topology
Topology
Advanced Math
ISBN:
9780134689517
Author:
Munkres, James R.
Publisher:
Pearson,