Answer: Choice A) 8.742 * 10^7
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which is a little over 87.4 million
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
We can find out AM. We have to do 0M - 0A which will give (2, -5)
Now w can take 2* AM