Solve the Problem. -In 1995 the United States Recovered 24% of Its Municipal

question 123

Multiple Choice

Solve the problem.
-In 1995 the United States recovered 24% of its municipal solid wastes through recycling, up from 17% in 1990. Let y represent the percentage recycled and x the number of years since 1990. Find a linear equation that fits this
Data.

• A) y = 0.7x - 17
• B) y = 1.4x + 17
• C) y = 1.4x + 24
• D) y = -1.4x + 7

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Definitions:

Serial Position Effect

A psychological phenomenon where an individual tends to remember the first and last items in a series better than those in the middle.

Nonsense Syllable

A string of letters that does not form a known word, used in psychological experiments to study memory and learning.

Curve of Forgetting

A graphical representation showing how information is lost over time when there is no attempt to retain it, illustrating the decline of memory retention.

Ebbinghaus

Ebbinghaus is often associated with Hermann Ebbinghaus, a psychologist known for his pioneering work on memory and the forgetting curve.