One-Person Households as a Percentage of the U.S. Total (20, 25.8) 30% 30% 25% 25% 20% 20% (10, 24.6) 15% 15% 10% 10% 5% 5% 10 20 30 40 Years after 1980 Year Percentage of the U.S. Total 22.7 0861 24.6 0661 25.8 0007 26.7 O 107 2012 27.4 Percentage of the U.S. Total

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The bar graph reinforces the fact that one-person households are growing more common. It shows one-person households as a percentage of the U.S. total for five selected years from 1980 through 2012. Solve;

a. Shown to the right of the bar graph is a scatter plot with a line passing through two of the data points. Use the two points whose coordinates are shown by the voice balloons to write the point-slope form of an equation that models one-person households as a percentage of the U.S. total, y, x years after 1980.


b. Write the equation from part (a) in slope-intercept form. Use function notation.

c. If trends shown by the data continue, use the model from part (b) to project one-person households as a percentage of the U.S. total in 2020.

One-Person Households as a Percentage
of the U.S. Total
(20, 25.8)
30%
30%
25%
25%
20%
20%
(10, 24.6)
15%
15%
10%
10%
5%
5%
10 20 30 40
Years after 1980
Year
Percentage of the
U.S. Total
22.7
0861
24.6
0661
25.8
0007
26.7
O 107
2012
27.4
Percentage of the
U.S. Total
Transcribed Image Text:One-Person Households as a Percentage of the U.S. Total (20, 25.8) 30% 30% 25% 25% 20% 20% (10, 24.6) 15% 15% 10% 10% 5% 5% 10 20 30 40 Years after 1980 Year Percentage of the U.S. Total 22.7 0861 24.6 0661 25.8 0007 26.7 O 107 2012 27.4 Percentage of the U.S. Total
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