Question

The average cost of tuition and fees at a public four-year college in the United States can be molded by the following formula where T represents the average cost of tuition and fees for the school year ending x years after 1996. When will tuition and fees at public US colleges average $7556? T=165x+2771

Answer 1

T=7556=165x+2771
we need to solve for x, number of years after 1996.
165x=7556-2771=4785
x=4785/165=29
It will be in year 1996+29=2025 that estimated fees and tuition average $7556