SOLUTION: The percentage of women in the 20-24 age group who have never married went from 55% in 1970 to 73% in 2000. Let 1970 be year 0 and 2000 be year 30
a) Fine and interpret the sl
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Question 93217: The percentage of women in the 20-24 age group who have never married went from 55% in 1970 to 73% in 2000. Let 1970 be year 0 and 2000 be year 30
a) Fine and interpret the slope of the line through the points (0,55) and (30,73)
b) Find the equation of the line in part (a)
c) What is the meaning of the y-intercept?
d) Use the equation to predict the percentage in 2010
e) If this trend continue, then what year will the percentage of women in the 20-24 age group who have never married reach 100%
Please help. I have been working on this problem and cannot come up with a solutio. Thank you
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The percentage of women in the 20-24 age group who have never married went from 55% in 1970 to 73% in 2000. Let 1970 be year 0 and 2000 be year 30
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a) Find and interpret the slope of the line through the points
(0,55) and (30,73)
slope = [73-55] / [30-0] = 18/30 = 3/5
With each additional 5 years the percentage of those in that group that
never married goes up 3 percent.
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b) Find the equation of the line in part (a)
Form is y=mx+b
m=3/5 and y=55 when x = 0
EQUATION: y = (3/5)x+55
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c) What is the meaning of the y-intercept?
In 1970 the percent was 55
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d) Use the equation to predict the percentage in 2010
Note: 2010 is 40 years after 1970.
Let x= 40 and solve for y or percentage:
y = (3/5)*40+55 = 79% in the year 2010
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e) If this trend continue, then what year will the percentage of women in the 20-24 age group who have never married reach 100%
Let y=100 and solve for x
100 = (3/5)x+55
45 = (3/5)x
15 = (1/5)x
x = 75
1970+75yrs = 2045
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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