According to a Gallup poll, in 2012 almost a third of Americans named Iran their country’s greatest enemy. That number matched public sentiment in the United States toward Saddam Hussein’s Iraq at the time of the 2003 invasion. The line graphs show the percentage of Americans who considered either Iraq or Iran their country’s greatest enemy from 2001 through 2012. Use this information to solve Exercises 49-50. a. Find an estimate for the percentage of Americans who considered Iran their country’s greatest enemy in 2001. b. Between which two years did the percentage of Americans who considered Iran their country’s greatest enemy increase at the greatest rate? c. In which year did 12% of Americans consider Iran their country’s greatest enemy?
According to a Gallup poll, in 2012 almost a third of Americans named Iran their country’s greatest enemy. That number matched public sentiment in the United States toward Saddam Hussein’s Iraq at the time of the 2003 invasion. The line graphs show the percentage of Americans who considered either Iraq or Iran their country’s greatest enemy from 2001 through 2012. Use this information to solve Exercises 49-50. a. Find an estimate for the percentage of Americans who considered Iran their country’s greatest enemy in 2001. b. Between which two years did the percentage of Americans who considered Iran their country’s greatest enemy increase at the greatest rate? c. In which year did 12% of Americans consider Iran their country’s greatest enemy?
Solution Summary: The author analyzes how the percentage of Americans who considered Iran their country's enemy in 2001 is 8%.
According to a Gallup poll, in 2012 almost a third of Americans named Iran their country’s greatest enemy. That number matched public sentiment in the United States toward Saddam Hussein’s Iraq at the time of the 2003 invasion. The line graphs show the percentage of Americans who considered either Iraq or Iran their country’s greatest enemy from 2001 through 2012. Use this information to solve Exercises 49-50.
a. Find an estimate for the percentage of Americans who considered Iran their country’s greatest enemy in 2001.
b. Between which two years did the percentage of Americans who considered Iran their country’s greatest enemy increase at the greatest rate?
c. In which year did 12% of Americans consider Iran their country’s greatest enemy?
The percentage of U.S. college freshmen claiming no religious affiliation has risen in recent decades. The bar graph shows the
percentage of first-year college students claiming no religious affiliation for four selected years from 1980 through 2012.
a. Estimate the average yearly increase in the percentage of first-year college females claiming no religious affiliation. Round
the percentage to the nearest tenth.
b. Estimate the percentage of first-year college females who will claim no religious affiliation in 2030.
Percentage of First-year U.S. College Students
Claiming No Religious Affiliation
b. The percentage of first-year college females who will claim no religious affiliation in 2030 is approximately.%.
(Round to the nearest tenth as needed.)
Percentage
30 Males
9 $ $
25-
20-
15-
Females
9.7
10-
a. The average yearly increase in the percentage of first-year college females claiming no religious affiliation is approximately % per year.
(Round to the nearest tenth as needed.)
14.9…
2. As of 2019, Maryland ranked first among the 50 states in average (median) income, at about $86,700 per person, and Mississippi ranked last at $45,800 per person.
In the example comparing the median income of people from Maryland and Mississippi, how much higher was the median income in Maryland than in Mississippi? In terms of absolute and relative difference.
The circle graph shows the number of times a group of survey respondents watched
the news in the past week. Use the chart to answer the question.
Never
2%
7 or more times
5%
3-4 times
5-6 times
18%
34%
1-2 times
41%
Never
2%
7 or more times
5%
5-6 times
18%
3-4 times
34%
1-2 times
41%
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