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Visas The number of skilled workers’ visas issued in the United States can be modeled by y...

Visas The number of skilled workers’ visas issued in the United States can be modeled by y = −1.48x2 + 38.901x − 118.429, where x is the number of years after 1990 and y is the number of visas in thousands.

a. Use numerical methods to determine the year when the number of visas issued was a maximum.


b. What was the maximum number of visas issued?


c. During what year after 2000 does the model indicate that the number of visas issued would be 100 thousand?

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