Percentage of College Graduates for Americans Ages 25 and Older Male Female 35% 30.3 29.6 30% 24.4 25% 20% 18.4 15% 10% 5% 1990 2010 Year Percentage Gradua ting from College

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The bar graph shows changes in the percentage of college graduates for Americans ages 25 and older from 1990 to 2010. In 1990, 18.4% of American women ages 25 and older had graduated from college. On average, this percentage has increased by approximately 0.6 each year.

Solve, a. Write a formula for the nth term of the arithmetic sequence that models the percentage of American women ages 25 and older who had graduated from college n years after 1989.

b. Use the model from part (a) to project the percentage of American women ages 25 and older who will be college graduates by 2019.

Percentage of College
Graduates for Americans
Ages 25 and Older
Male
Female
35%
30.3 29.6
30%
24.4
25%
20%
18.4
15%
10%
5%
1990
2010
Year
Percentage Gradua ting
from College
Transcribed Image Text:Percentage of College Graduates for Americans Ages 25 and Older Male Female 35% 30.3 29.6 30% 24.4 25% 20% 18.4 15% 10% 5% 1990 2010 Year Percentage Gradua ting from College
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