Marriage Prospects Data released by the Census Bureau in 1986 indicated the likelihood that never-married women would eventually marry. The data indicated that the older the woman, the less the likelihood of marriage. Specifically, two statistics indicated that women who were 45 and never-married had an 18 percent chance of marriage and women 25 years old had a 78 percent chance of marriage. Assume that a linear fit to these two data points provides a reasonable approximation for the function p=f(a), where p equals the probability of marriage and a equals the age of a never- married woman. (a) Determine the linear function p=f(a).
(b) Interpret the slope and p intercept.
(c) Do the values in part b seem reasonable?
(d) If the restricted domain on this function is 20 sa s 50, determine f(20), f(30), f(40), and f(50).

a.

b. See Explanation

c. The slope is reasonable but the p intercept is not

d.          

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

when

when

Solving (a): The linear function

We start by calculating the slope, m

The function is then calculated as follows

This gives:

Solve for p

Hence,

Solving (b): Interpret the slope and the p intercept

The slope is calculated as:

And it implies that, there is a 3% reduction in change of getting older as women get older

The p intercept implies that, there is a 1.53 chance for 0 years old female child to get married.

Solving (c): Is (b) reasonable

The slope is reasonable.

However, the p intercept is not because of the age of the woman

Solving (d): Determine f(20), f(30), f(40), f(50)

We have that:

d

step-by-step explanation:

given

y + 3 = - 4(x - 2) ← distribute the parenthesis

y + 3 = - 4x + 8 ( subtract 3 from both sides )

y = - 4x + 5 → d

the answer is c)8

step-by-step explanaction: