The following formula models the number of prison inmates, P, in thousands, who are in U.S....

 

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The following formula models the number of prison inmates, P, in thousands, who are in U.S. prisons 2 years after 1980. P = 2z +24z + 324 A) Find an equation in the form az+bx+c=0 that you can use to solve determine the first year in which the population of U.S. prisons was approximately 414 thousand people. Do not solve it yet. Answer: The equation is B) Now factor your equation to solve it and specifiy the first year in which the population of U.S. prisons was approximately 414 thousand people. The following formula models the number of prison inmates, P, in thousands, who are in U.S. prisons 2 years after 1980. P = 2z +24z + 324 A) Find an equation in the form az+bx+c=0 that you can use to solve determine the first year in which the population of U.S. prisons was approximately 414 thousand people. Do not solve it yet. Answer: The equation is B) Now factor your equation to solve it and specifiy the first year in which the population of U.S. prisons was approximately 414 thousand people.

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