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According to Table 10.1.12, what is the value of $\operatorname{BudgetDeficit}(2015)\text{?}$

Solution

Table 10.1.12 shows that when the input is $2015\text{,}$ the output is $0.44\text{.}$ So $\operatorname{BudgetDeficit}(2015)=0.44\text{.}$ In context, that means that in 2015 the budget deficit was $\$0.44$ trillion.