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Canada’s Office of Consumer Affairs reported that in 1982 the average household spending f...

Canada’s Office of Consumer Affairs reported that in 1982 the average household spending for food constituted 15.1% of household expenditures.

From 1982 to 2003 this amount decreased at an average annual rate of 1.53%.

a. Assuming that this trend continues, find a natural growth function F(t) that gives percentage expenditure on food as a function of t, years after 1982.


b. Use your model to predict the year in which percentage expenditure on food decreases to 10%.

c. Based on your model, what percentage of household expenditures did the average household spend on food in 1996?

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Solutions For Problems in Chapter 3.2