In 1994, the sports league introduced a salary cap that limits the amount of money spent on players' salaries. The quadratic modely 0.2313x +2.600x + 35.17 approximates this cap in millions of dollars for the years 1994-2010, where x 0 represents 1994, 1 represents 1995, and so on. Complete parts a and b.

a. Approximate the sports league salary cap in 2008.

The approximate sports league salary cap in 2008 is $

(Round to the nearest tenth as needed.)

million

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The average hourly earnings for a construction worker is projected to be $24.50 in 2012. jason wants to join the construction work force after he graduates in 2012. his friend tells him that average hourly earnings for construction workers will rise by 2% from 2009 to 2012. based on the data below, assuming that the projected hourly earnings are correct, is jason’s friend’s statement accurate? construction industry - average hourly earnings, 2000-2009 a. his friend’s statement is accurate. the average hourly earnings will increase by 2%. b. his friend’s statement is not accurate. the percent increase will be more than 2% c. his friend’s statement is not accurate. the percent increase will be less than 2% d. his friend’s statement is not accurate. the average hourly earnings will decrease

Assume that the weights of quarters are normally distributed with a mean of 5.67 g and a standard deviation 0.070 g. a vending machine will only accept coins weighing between 5.48 g and 5.82 g. what percentage of legal quarters will be rejected? round your answer to two decimal places.

Write the point-slope form of the line passing through (2, -12) and parallel to y=3x.