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Female College Graduates The table in the next column lists the percentage P of the female...

Female College Graduates The table in the next column lists the percentage P of the female population who had college degrees in selected years.

x

1980

1990

2000

2010

P(%)

12.8

18.4

23.6

33.0

Source: Bureau of the Census.

(a) Find a linear function P that models the data.


(b) Estimate when this percentage was between 18% and 28.5%.


(c) Did your estimate involve interpolation or extrapolation?

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