discharges of gay men and lesbians from the military. Nearly 14,000 active-duty gay servic...

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.

Source: General Accountability Office

(In Exercises, 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.