document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1131660>Question 1131660</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Based on data from 1997 through 2010, in Canada, women's earnings as a percentage of men's can be approximated by the linear equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 0.42x + 68.8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where x = the number of years since 1997 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( " for 1997) and y = the percentage. Based on this equation, find the approximate percentage of women's earnings for the following years.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(c)    2020 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(d)    When will the percentage reach 85%? (Round your answer to the nearest year.) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = the number of years since 1997 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >...for 1997) and y = the percentage. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Based on this equation, find the approximate percentage of women's earnings for the following years.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When will the percentage reach <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=85 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"85\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >%? (Round your answer to the nearest year.) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in year <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2036 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2036\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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