In the mid 1950s women made up only about one third of the

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In the mid 1950s women made up only about one third of the enrollment at institutions of higher education By the 2000s approximately 57 of college students were women 1 We can write linear functions M t and F t which approximate the number of male and female students in higher education Here M t and F t are measured in thousands of students and t is the number of years after 1957 1 National Center for Education Statistics 2013 Retrieved and adapted from http nces ed gov programs digest d13 tables dt13 303 10 asp The following table provides the number of male students M t in higher education years after 1957 Use the table to answer the following questions t years after 1957 M t thousands of students 2 3377 3569 4 6 3761 Part A Calculate the growth rate of the male student population and give your answer using appropriate units Make sure you can explain in a complete sentence if this value indicates the population is growing or decreasing Answer thousand male students per year Part B Use your answer from Part A to estimate the number of male students in higher education in the year 1965