The stated intent of the 1994 "don’t ask, don't tell" policy was to reduce the number of discharges of gay men and lesbians from the military. Nearly 14,000 active-duty gay servicemembers were dismissed under the policy, which officially ended in 2011, after 18 years. The line graph shows the number of discharges under "don't ask, don't tell" from 1994 through 2010. Use the data displayed by the graph to solve Exercises #x2013;28.
Number of Active-Duty Gay Service members
Discharged from the Military for Homosexuality
Source: General Accountability Office
(In Exercises 27-28, be sure to refer to the graph at the bottom of the previous page).
Find the average rate of change, rounded to the nearest whole number, from 1994 through 1998. Describe what this means.

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