Question

In 1980, the number of high school dropouts in a country was 5217 thousand. By 2008, this number had decreased to 3120 thousand. Find and interpret the average rate of change
per year in the number of high school dropouts.

Answer 1

Answer:

74893 students per year

Step-by-step explanation:

The Average rate of change is calculated as

= Difference in number of students / Difference in years

= 3120 thousand - 5217 thousands/ 2008 - 1980

= (3120000 - 5217000)/(2008 - 1980)

= -2097000/28

= -74892.857143 per year

Therefore, the average rate of change

per year in the number of high school dropouts is approximately 74893 students per year