The amount spent in billions of dollars by the U.S. government on medical care during the period

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The amount spent in billions of dollars by the U.S. government on medical care during the period
1990–2013 can be approximated by the equation

y = 1.016x2 + 12.49x + 197.8

where x = 0 corresponds to 1990, x = 1 corresponds to 1991, and so on. According to this model, about how much was spent by the U.S. government on medical care in 2009? Round to the nearest tenth of a billion.

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