A report in the Child Trends DataBase indicated that, in 1996, 22.2% of twelfth grade students reported

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A report in the Child Trends DataBase indicated that, in 1996, 22.2% of twelfth grade students reported daily use of cigarettes. In 2006, 12.2% of twelfth grade students reported daily use of cigarettes.

(a) Write a linear equation that relates the percent y of twelfth grade students who smoke cigarettes daily to the number x of years after 1996.

(b) Find the intercepts of the graph of your equation.

(c) Do the intercepts have any meaningful interpretation?

(d) Use your equation to predict the percent for the year 2016. Is this result reasonable?

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Precalculus

ISBN: 978-0321716835

9th edition

Authors: Michael Sullivan

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