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Solve each problem. See Example 6.
The table shows the rate (in percent) at which 2-year college students (public) completed a degree within 3 years.
Year | Percent |
2008 | 29.3 |
2009 | 28.3 |
2010 | 28.0 |
2011 | 26.9 |
2012 | 25.4 |
2013 | 22.5 |
a. Write the data from the table as ordered pairs
b. What does the ordered pair
mean in the context of this problem?
c. Make a
d. Describe the pattern indicated by the points on the scatter diagram. What happened to the rates at which 2-year college students complete a degree within 3 years?
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