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Growth of Cruise Industry The number of North American cruise ship passengers has been increasing over the last several decades. The number of cruise ship passengers from 1995 through 2010

is approximated by the function N(t)=0.011 t^{2}+0.521 t+4.6 \quad(0 \leq t \leq 15) where N(t) is the number of passengers (in millions) in year t, with t = 0 corresponding to 1995.t What was the approximate number of passengers in 1995? What was the approximate number of passengers in 2005? (Round your answer to one decimal place.) million passengers million passengers

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