In 6162, find a linear function in slope-intercept form

Chapter 7, Problem 62

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Grade Inflation in the U.S. High Schools. In recent decades, high school teachers have given higher and higher grades to students. The bar graph shows the percentage of grades of A and C for high school students entering college.

In Exercises 61–62, find a linear function in slope-intercept form that models the given description. Each function should model the percentage of the particular high school grade, P(x), of students entering college x years after 1968.

In 1968, 23% of the grades for students entering college were C (C+, C, or C−). This has decreased at an average rate of approximately 0.45% per year since then.

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