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The year in which the number of applicants to exceed 500 , 000 .
The year in which the number of applicants to exceed
Given:
Year | Applications in Thousands |
Use graphing calculator to find quadratic regression for this data.
Now
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Enter the data from the above table in the columns
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By using the quadratic regression calculator, the regression is:
Quadratic regression is of the form:
Thus, the values of
Put
Thus, the equation becomes:
The graph of the equation
From the graph, it is seen that
So, the year will take
It given that
Thus, the year in which the number of applicants to exceed
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