Insurance companies often try to calculate average life expectancy, that is, how long different populations can reasonably be expected to live. The companies do this for men and women and for people across all ethnicities. The equation L = 0.37y + 40 is a way of calculating a reasonable life expectancy for African American females. This equation is based on y, the number of years after 1900 that the women were born. What is the birth year for females who have a life expectancy of 75?     1984 or 1985     1989 or 1990     1979 or 1980     1999 or 2000     1994 or 1995

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Insurance companies often try to calculate average life expectancy, that is, how long different populations can reasonably be expected to live. The companies do this for men and women and for people across all ethnicities. The equation L = 0.37y + 40 is a way of calculating a reasonable life expectancy for African American females. This equation is based on y, the number of years after 1900 that the women were born. What is the birth year for females who have a life expectancy of 75?

   

1984 or 1985

   

1989 or 1990

   

1979 or 1980

   

1999 or 2000

   

1994 or 1995

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