MYLAB MATH COLLEGE ALGEBRA IN CONTEXT
MYLAB MATH COLLEGE ALGEBRA IN CONTEXT
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Author: HARSHBARGER
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Chapter 1.1, Problem 53E

Age at First Marriage The table on the following page gives the U.S. median age at first marriage for selected years from 1890 to 2015.

a.    If the function f is the median age at first marriage for men, find f (1890) and f (2015).

b.    If the function g is the median age at first marriage for women, find g(1940) and g(2013).

c.     For what value of x is f(x) = 24.7? Write the result in a sentence.

d.    Did f(x) increase or decrease from 1960 to 2015?

Year Men Women
1890 26.1 22.0
1900 25.9 21.9
1910 25.1 21.6
1920 24.6 21.2
1930 24.3 21.3
1940 24.3 21.5
1950 22.8 20.3
1960 22.8 20.3
1970 23.2 20.8
1980 24.7 22.0
1990 26.1 23.9
2000 26.8 25.1
2004 27.1 25.8
2009 28.1 25.9
2010 28.2 26.1
2011 28.7 26.5
2012 28.6 26.6
2013 29.0 26.6
2015 29.2 27.7

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

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