What you have to do is multiply 0.42 by 8.3 million, then add that number to 8.3 million and you will have the total number of college students.
Answer:
Option D. 13122 is the answer.
Step-by-step explanation:
As we can see from the table having interval and average rate of change, figures under average rate of change are forming a geometric sequence.
Sequence is 2, 6, 18 , 54, 162, 486.
and we have to find the average rate of change from x = 8 to x = 9, means we have to find 9th term of the given sequence.
Now we know that explicit formula of the sequence can be written as 
where Tn is the nth term of the sequence.
a = first term
r = common ratio
n = number of the term
Now from this explicit formula we can find the 9th term of the sequence.
From the given table
a = 2, r = 3, n = 9

T9 = 13122
Therefore Option D. 13122 will be the answer.
One of the ways to graph this is to use plug in a few x-values and get an idea of the shape. Since the x values keep getting squared, there is an exponential increase on either side of the y-axis. You can see this by plugging in a few values:
When
x=0,f(x)=0
x=1,f(x)=1^2=1
x=2,f(x)=2^2=4
x=3,f(x)=3^2=9
x=4,f(x)=4^2=16
The same holds true for negative x-values to the left of the y-axis since a negative value squared is positive. For example,
x=−1,f(x)=(−1)2=1*−1=1
x=2,f(x)=(−2)2=−2*−2=4
The graph of f(x)=x^2 is called a "Parabola." It looks like this:
80% is the same as 4/5, so 4/5 of the class= 20. That means that if there was a picture, 4 parts would be shaded, and 1 would not. 1/4 of 20 is 5, so 1 part= 5 people. 5 x 5 = 25. 25 is the answer. :)