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High School Graduates The percentage of the U.S. population 25 years and older with at least a high school diploma is shown in the table for selected years.
Heavy MetalNuclear Waste | |
Yearx | Wastey |
1995 | 32 |
2000 | 42 |
2010 | 61 |
2020* | 76 |
*Estimate by the U.S. Department of Energy. |
Let
(a) Use the data for 1950 and 2000 to find a linear function f that models the data.
(b) Use the function from part (a) to approximate the percentage, to the nearest tenth, of the U.S. population 25 years and older who were at least high school graduates in 1995.
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