U.S. high school enrollment has changed from approximately 13.7 million in 1995 to 16.3 million in 2005.

a)Calculate the U.S. high school enrollment for 2002.
b)Predict the U.S. high school enrollment for 2010.

Question

U.S. high school enrollment has changed from approximately 13.7 million in 1995 to 16.3 million in 2005.

a)Calculate the U.S. high school enrollment for 2002.
b)Predict the U.S. high school enrollment for 2010.

anonymous · Answer

First find "slope", which is the average annual increase given the time duration and numbers of people already given.

anonymous · Answer

ok huh

anonymous · Answer

In 10 years, it grew by 2.6 million. So, it grew by 0.26 million per year.

So, the equation for enrollment is:
13.7 million + number of years * 0.26