from 1970 to 2010 percentage of high school dropouts in America declined at the rate of about 0.6% per year the percentage was 21.7% in 1970 rent a linear equation describing the percentage in terms of years after 1970 the percentage reached 6.5 in 2014. When did your equation predict the percentage would be reached
6.5%
The equation would be y = -0.006x + 21.7, where x is the number of years after 1970 and y is the percentage of high school dropouts. The equation predicts that the percentage would reach 6.5% in 2014 when x = 44.