The table shows the cost of a years tuition, room and board, and fees at 4-year public
Question:
The table shows the cost of a year’s tuition, room and board, and fees at 4-year public colleges for the years 2006–2014. Letting y represent the cost in dollars and x the number of years since 2006, the function ƒ(x) = 13,017(1.05)x models the data quite well. According to this function, in what year will the 2006 cost be doubled?
Year .............................................Average Annual Cost
2006 .....................................................$12,837
2007 .....................................................$13,558
2008 .....................................................$14,372
2009 .....................................................$15,235
2010 .....................................................$16,178
2011 .....................................................$17,156
2012 .....................................................$17,817
2013 .....................................................$18,383
2014 .....................................................$18,943
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College Algebra
ISBN: 978-0134697024
12th edition
Authors: Margaret L. Lial, John Hornsby, David I. Schneider, Callie Daniels