Even as Americans increasingly view a college education as essential for success, many bel...

Even as Americans increasingly view a college education as essential for success, many believe that a college education is becoming less available to qualified students. Exercises24 are based on the data displayed by the graph.

The data displayed by the graph at the bottom of the previous page indicate that in 2000, 45% of U.S. adults believed most qualified students get to attend college. For the period from 2000 through 2010, the percentage who believed that a college education is available to most qualified students decreased by approximately 1.7 each year. If this trend continues, by which year will only 11% of all American adults believe that most qualified students get to attend college?