Question

The data displayed by the graph indicate that in 2000,

Answer 1

Using an linear function, we find that by 2020 only 11% of all American adults believe that most qualified students  get to attend college.

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A decaying linear function has the following format:

$A(t) = A(0) - mt$

In which

• A(0) is the initial amount.
• m is the slope, that is, the yearly decay.

• In 2000, 45% believed, thus, $A(0) = 45$
• Decaying by 1.7 each year, thus $m = 1.7$.

The equation is:

$A(t) = 45 - 1.7t$

It will be 11% in t years after 2000, considering t for which A(t) = 11, that is:

$11 = 45 - 1.7t$

$1.7t = 34$

$t = \frac{34}{1.7}$

$t = 20$

2000 + 20 = 2020

By 2020 only 11% of all American adults believe that most qualified students  get to attend college.

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