the percentage of employers allowing casual dress every day was 44% in 2000 and has decreased by abaut 2.7 % per year since then. let g(t) be the percentage of employers that allows casual dress every day at t years since 2000. a. what is the slope of the graph of g ? what does it mean in this situation? b. find an equation of g c. predict when 14% of employers will allow casual dress every day. d. predict the percentage of employers that will allow casual dress every day in 2010. e. find the t-intercept of the model. what does it mean in this situation.

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the percentage of employers allowing casual dress every day was 44% in 2000 and has decreased by abaut 2.7 % per year since then. let g(t) be the percentage of employers that allows casual dress every day at t years since 2000.

a. what is the slope of the graph of g ? what does it mean in this situation?

b. find an equation of g

c. predict when 14% of employers will allow casual dress every day.

d. predict the percentage of employers that will allow casual dress every day in 2010.

e. find the t-intercept of the model. what does it mean in this situation. 

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