Question 147701: Can I have some help me with this problem?
Single Women - The precentage of women in the 20-24 age group who have never married went from 55% in 1970 to 73% in 2000 (Census Bureau, www.census.gov). Let 1970 be year 0 and 2000 by year 30.
a) Find and interpret the slope of the line through the points (0,55) and (30,73).
b) Find the equation of the line in the (a).
c) What is the meaning of the y-intercept?
d) Use the equation to predict the percentage in 2010.
e) If this trend continues, then in what year will the percentage of women in the 20-24 age group who have never married reach 100%
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Single Women - The precentage of women in the 20-24 age group who have never married went from 55% in 1970 to 73% in 2000 (Census Bureau, www.census.gov). Let 1970 be year 0 and 2000 by year 30.
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
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b) Find the equation of the line in (a).
y = (3/5)x + 55
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c) What is the meaning of the y-intercept?
The percent of women who did not marry in 1970 was 55%
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d) Use the equation to predict the percentage in 2010.
f(40) = (3/5)40 + 55 = 24+55 = 79%
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e) If this trend continues, then in what year will the percentage of women in the 20-24 age group who have never married reach 100%
100 = (3/5)x + 55
45 = (3/5)x
x = 75
1970 + 75 years = the year 2045
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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