Question

Has the marrying age of a man changed over the years? The United States Bureau of the Census takes a formal count of everyone in the U.S. every 10 years and has provided the following data that gives the median age of an American man at the time of his first marriage. Year 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Median Age 25.1 24.6 24.3 24.3 22.8 22.8 23.2 24.7 26.1 26.8 What is the average rate of change over the ninety-year period described in the table? a. 0.19 years of age per year b. -0.19 years of age per year c. -0.019 years of age per year d. 0.019 years of age per year

Answer 1

d. 0.019 years of age per year

Explanation:

The average rate of change over the ninety-year period described in the table is obtained as follows:

average rate of change = (median age in last year - median age in the first year) / (last year - first year) = (26.8 - 25.1)/(2000 - 1910) = 0.019