Ay 4000- 3500 3000 G 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0- 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Years after 1980 14 The blue curve shows national health expenditures in billions of dollars. The red curve shows its derivative National health expenditures (in billions of dollars from 1980 to 1992 are given by the function f(t) in the graph to the left. (a) How much money was being spent at the beginning of 1981? $ 700 billion (b) Approximately how fast was the rate of spending increasing in 1988? $ billion per year

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Chapter7: Exponents And Exponential Functions
Section7.8: Transforming Exponential Expressions
Problem 1CYU
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3500
3000
G
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
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0 2
4 6 8 10 12
Years after 1980
14
The blue curve shows national health expenditures in
billions of dollars. The red curve shows its derivative
National health expenditures (in billions of dollars
from 1980 to 1992 are given by the function f(t) in
the graph to the left.
(a) How much money was being spent at the
beginning of 1981?
$ 700 billion
(b) Approximately how fast was the rate of
spending increasing in 1988?
$
billion per year
Transcribed Image Text:Ay 4000- 3500 3000 G 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0- 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Years after 1980 14 The blue curve shows national health expenditures in billions of dollars. The red curve shows its derivative National health expenditures (in billions of dollars from 1980 to 1992 are given by the function f(t) in the graph to the left. (a) How much money was being spent at the beginning of 1981? $ 700 billion (b) Approximately how fast was the rate of spending increasing in 1988? $ billion per year
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