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The function gives a company’s predicted annual revenue, in dollars, years after the company started selling jewelry online, where . What is the best interpretation of the statement “ is approximately equal to ” in this context?
Explanation
Choice A is correct. It’s given that the function gives a company’s predicted annual revenue, in dollars, years after the company started selling jewelry online. Since the value of is the value of when , it follows that “ is approximately equal to ” means that is approximately equal to when . Therefore, the best interpretation of the given statement is that years after the company started selling jewelry online, its predicted annual revenue is approximately dollars.
Choice B is incorrect. The function gives the predicted annual revenue, not the predicted increase in annual revenue.
Choice C is incorrect and may result from conceptual errors.
Choice D is incorrect. In the given function, represents the number of years after the company started selling jewelry online, not the percent increase in revenue from the previous year.