Question

In 2008, there were 9782 women in the Marine Corps on active duty, or about 5% of the Marines on active duty. Currently, women now receive combat training and are accepted into special skill schools that were traditionally only available to the male Marines. Also, women are working in non-traditional jobs and in certain other areas that were previously restricted. Women in the Marine Corps serve proudly and honorably next to their male counterparts in any area the United States Marine Corps requires. The number of women in the United States Marine Corps can be modeled by W=414x2 − 3341x + 94030.04x2 − 0.32x + 1W=414x2-3341x+94030.04x2-0.32x+1,

where is the number of years since 2000.

1. Graph the model to find the number of women in the Marine Corps between 2000 and 2009.
2. Use your graph to estimatethe number of female Marines in 2006.
3. Identify the x-intercepts of this function, if any.
4. Identify the vertical and horizontal asymptotes of the graph of this function, if any.
5. Use the function to estimatethe number of women in the Marine Corps in 2015.
6. Give two reasons why the number of women in the Marine Corps could exceed your answer from Exercise 5

Answer 1

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