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A survey by the market research firm NPD Group, as reported in the San Antonio Express New...

A survey by the market research firm NPD Group, as reported in the San Antonio Express News, found that over the 20-year period from 1985 to 2005, the percentage of Americans who said they find overweight people less attractive dropped from 55% to 24%.

a. Find a natural growth model that gives the percentage of Americans who find overweight people less attractive as a function of years after 1985.


b. Use your model to predict the percentage of Americans who find overweight people less attractive in 2008.


c. In what year will only 5% of Americans find overweight people less attractive?

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Solutions For Problems in Chapter 3.3