Question

Year Program 2007 2008 2009 2010 Agriculture/natural resources 373,904 358,708 485,807 488,106 Education 2,164,607 2,413,984 2,274,514 3,008,036 General government 14,347,325 12,554,845 10,392,107 14,716,155 Highways and transportation 1,468,482 1,665,636 1,539,480 1,773,893 Human resources 4,051,050 4,099,067 4,618,444 5,921,379 Public safety 263,463 398,326 355,935 464,233 The table above lists the annual budget, in thousands of dollars, for each of six different state programs in Kansas from 2007 to 2010. 22 23 Which of the following best approximates the average rate of change in the annual budget for agriculture/natural resources in Kansas from 2008 to 2010? A) $50,000,000 per year B) $65,000,000 per year C) $75,000,000 per year D) $130,000,000 per year Of the following, which program's ratio of its 2007 budget to its 2010 budget is closest to the human resources program's ratio of its 2007 budget to its 2010 budget? A) Agriculture/natural resources B) Education C) Highways and transportation D) Public safety

Answer 1

(2.2 Rate of change in the annual budget resources in Kansas for agriculture. Y natural from 2008 to 2009 485 807 - 358708 127099 - simillarly for year from 2009 to 2010, the in the annual budget for this section is rate of change 488106-485807 2299 - So, the average rate of change from 2008 to 2010 127099 +2299 129398 =64699 2 2 Here, the unit of each number is thousands of dollass. We can observe that option ® $ 65000000 per year is the best approxi- mation for average rate of change in the annual budget for this program 3 Human resources 2010 budget is = 0.68414 5921379 programes is required ration is 0 for Agriculture natural resources 2007 budget to its program's ratio of its 4 OS1050 other

076603 373904 488106 @ for Education : 2164607 3008036 -0.71961 ③ for heneral hovernment : 14347325 -0.97494 14716155 9 for Highways and transportation: 1468482 0.82783 1773893 ② for Public safety 263463 0.567523 464233 we can observe that the education program's is the closest to 0.68414. Therefore, option is correct choice. budget ratio