Salaries, in millions of dollars, for rookies selected in the first round of the NFL 2014 draft
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Salaries, in millions of dollars, for rookies selected in the first round of the NFL 2014 draft can be approximated by the quadratic model
y = 0.0258x2 - 1.30x + 23.3,
where x represents draft pick order. Players selected earlier in the round have higher salaries than those selected later in the round. (Source: www.forbes.com)
(a) Use the model to estimate the salary of the player selected first overall to the nearest tenth of a million dollars.
(b) What is the estimated salary of the player selected 10th overall? Round to the nearest tenth of a million dollars.
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College Algebra
ISBN: 978-0134697024
12th edition
Authors: Margaret L. Lial, John Hornsby, David I. Schneider, Callie Daniels
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