SOLUTION: According to one mathematical model, the average life expectancy for American men born in 1900 was 55 years. Life expectancy has increased by about 0.2 years for each birth year af

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: According to one mathematical model, the average life expectancy for American men born in 1900 was 55 years. Life expectancy has increased by about 0.2 years for each birth year after 1900. If this trend continues, for which birth year will the average life expectancy be 85 years? This question is from textbook Blitzer

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(85-55).2=30*.2=150 years after 1900 or 2050.