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The Table Lists the Amount of Emissions of a Certain  Year 1990199520002005P18.822.626.029.0\begin{array}{r|cccc}\text { Year } & 1990 & 1995 & 2000 & 2005 \\\hline \mathrm{P} & 18.8 & 22.6 & 26.0 & 29.0\end{array}

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The table lists the amount of emissions of a certain pollutant in millions of tons.  Year 1990199520002005P18.822.626.029.0\begin{array}{r|cccc}\text { Year } & 1990 & 1995 & 2000 & 2005 \\\hline \mathrm{P} & 18.8 & 22.6 & 26.0 & 29.0\end{array}

If the amount of emissions is modeled by a function of the form f(x) =ax2+bx+c\mathrm { f } ( \mathrm { x } ) = \mathrm { ax } { } ^ { 2 } + \mathrm { bx } + \mathrm { c } where x\mathrm { x } is the year, estimate tl year in which the amount of emissions will be 10.010.0 million tons.


A) 2060
B) 2100
C) 2085
D) 2030

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