Question: According to data, the accident rate as a function of the age of the driver in years x can be approximated by the function f

According to data, the accident rate as a function of the age of the driver in years x can be approximated by the function f(x)=99.6-2.67x+0.0291x2- for 16x85. Find the age at which the accident rate is a minimum and the minimum rate.
How is the age determined for the age at which the accident rate is a minimum?
A. Determine the x-value of the vertex.
B. Substitute 0 for x and solve for f(x).
C. Substitute 16 for x and solve for f(x) because the minimum value of the function always occurs at the minimum value of x in the interval.
D. Determine the y-value of the vertex.
The age at which the accident rate is a minimum is
(Round down to the nearest whole number.)
According to data, the accident rate as a

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