The percent of the U.S. population that was foreign-born during the years 19302010 can be modeled by

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The percent of the U.S. population that was foreign-born during the years 1930–2010 can be modeled by the quadratic functionimage


where x = 0 represents 1930, x = 10 represents 1940, and so on.


(a) The coefficient of x2 in the model is positive, so the graph of this quadratic function is a parabola that opens up. Will the y-value of the vertex of this graph be a maximum or a minimum?(b) According to the model, in what year during this period was the percent of foreign born population a minimum? (Round down for the year.) Use the actual x-value of the vertex, to the nearest tenth, to find this percent, also to the nearest tenth.

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Intermediate Algebra

ISBN: 9780134895987

13th Edition

Authors: Margaret Lial, John Hornsby, Terry McGinnis

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