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

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June Kerr

4 December, 09:17

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

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Haylie Patterson · 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