Chapter 8.2, Problem 66E

Business Majors The graph gives the percent of first-time full-time freshmen at four-year colleges and universities who planned to major in business.

(a) Use the given ordered pairs to find the slope of the line.

(b) The slope of the line is $\underset{(\text{positive/negative})}{\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_}$

This means that during the period represented, the percent of freshmen planning to major in business

$\underset{(\text{increased/decreased})}{\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_}$

(c) What was the decrease in the percent of freshmen per year who planned to major in business during the period shown?