Solved: The wage gap is used to compare the status of womens earnings relative to mens

Chapter 2, Problem 104

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The wage gap is used to compare the status of womens earnings relative to mens. The wage gap is expressed as a percent and iscalculated by dividing the median, or middlemost, annual earnings for women by the median annual earnings for men. The bar graphshows the wage gap for selected years from 1980 through 2010.The function G(x) = -0.01x2 + x + 60 models the wage gap, as a percent, x years after 1980. The graph of function G is shown totheright of the actual data. Use this information to solve Exercises 103104.a. Find and interpret G(10). Identify this information as apoint on the graph of the function. b. Does G(10) overestimate or underestimate the actualdatashown by the bar graph? By how much?

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