Dropout Rates The table gives the dropout rates (as percents) for students ages 16 to 24 during given years.
a. What is the dropout rate in 2004, according to the data?
b. Graph the data from this table as a scatter plot, using the number of years after 1980 as x.
c. On the same axes as the scatter plot, graph the equation y = −0.0008x3 + 0.030x2 − 0.413x + 14.081.
Year | Dropout (%) |
1980 | 14.1 |
1985 | 12.6 |
1990 | 12.1 |
1995 | 12.0 |
2000 | 10.9 |
2004 | 10.3 |
2008 | 8.0 |
(Source: U.S. Department of Education)
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