It's 95 because 5 plus 4 is 9 and 50 plus 45 is 95
We have been given a polynomial 
. We are asked to factor the given polynomial.
First of all, we will find the greatest common factor of both terms.
GCF of 
and 
is 4 as 3 times 4 is 12 and 7 times 4 is 28.
GCF of 
is 
.
So GCF of 
is 
.
Now we will rewrite each term as product of GCF and a term as:
Now we will factor out from both terms as:
Therefore, factored form of our given expression would be .
The correct answer is: 6.99 billion (as 6.986 billion is rounded off (to nearest hundredth place) to 6.99 billion)
Explanation:
The given function is: <span>y = 6.2(1.01)^x --- (1)
Where x = </span><span> number of years after 2000
It means that in 2012, the value of x would be 12 as the difference between 2012 and 2000 is 12 years.
Put x = 12 in equation (1):
(1) => y = </span>6.2(1.01)^12 = 6.986 billion = 6.99 billion
