A Study in a Small Town Showed That the Percent $\mathrm { P } = 37 \mathrm { x } ^ { 0.33 }$

question 224

Multiple Choice

A study in a small town showed that the percent of residents who have college degrees can be modeled by the function $\mathrm { P } = 37 \mathrm { x } ^ { 0.33 }$ where x is the number of years since 2005. Does this model indicate that the percent of
Residents with a college degree is increasing or decreasing?

• A) Increasing
• B) Decreasing

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