The rise of adult diabetes in the United States is a growing concern for health professionals. Using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data for selected years from 2010 and projected to 2050, the percent of U.S. adults with diabetes can be modeled by the function
D(t) = 4.95t0.495
Where t is the number of years past 2000.
(a) What type of function is this?
(b) What does the function predict as the percent of U.S. adults with diabetes in the year 2020?
(c) Find D(25) and write a sentence that explains its meaning?