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Health Insurance The percentage of adults in the United
Chapter 1, Problem 69A(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 69A
Health Insurance The percentage of adults in the United States without health insurance increased at a roughly linear rate from 1999, when it was 17.2%, to 2008, when it was 20.3%. Source: The New York Times.
a. Determine a linear equation that approximates the percentage of adults in the United States without health insurance in terms of time t, where t represents the number of years since 1990.
b. If this trend were to continue, in what year would the percentage of adults without health insurance be at least 25%?
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QUESTION:
Problem 69A
Health Insurance The percentage of adults in the United States without health insurance increased at a roughly linear rate from 1999, when it was 17.2%, to 2008, when it was 20.3%. Source: The New York Times.
a. Determine a linear equation that approximates the percentage of adults in the United States without health insurance in terms of time t, where t represents the number of years since 1990.
b. If this trend were to continue, in what year would the percentage of adults without health insurance be at least 25%?
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Solution:
Step 1 of 2:
In this problem, we need to find an equation that determines the percentage of adults in the United States.