Question

In 2010, 1250 U.S. college students expecting to graduate in the next several years were surveyed. Respondents were askedthe following question.24-20-What do you think your starting salary will be at your first job after college?& 16-SaveQ

Answer 1

The line graph provided in the question has the function:

`p=-0.01s^2+0.7s+3.8`

To find the percentage of students who anticipated a starting salary of $30 thousand, we will identify point 30 on the horizontal axis, trace this point to the line graph, and trace it to the vertical axis. The percentage is the value on the vertical axis.

This is shown below:

The point is approximately 19.

Therefore, the answer is 19%.