The graph gives the number of farms in the United States from 1850 to 2000. y 7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 1860 1900 1940 x 1980 (a) Estimate the average rate of change in the number of farms between 1860 and 1910 and between 1930 and 1960. (Round your answers to the nearest whole number). 1860 and 1910 xfarms per year 1930 and 1960 90 -88 xfarms per year (b) In which decade did the number of farms experience the greatest average rate of decline? O 1870 1880 O 1910 1920 O 1940 1950 1950 1960 O 1960 1970

The graph gives the number of farms in the United States from 1850 to 2000. y 7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 1860 1900 1940 x 1980 (a) Estimate the average rate of change in the number of farms between 1860 and 1910 and between 1930 and 1960. (Round your answers to the nearest whole number). 1860 and 1910 xfarms per year 1930 and 1960 90 -88 xfarms per year (b) In which decade did the number of farms experience the greatest average rate of decline? O 1870 1880 O 1910 1920 O 1940 1950 1950 1960 O 1960 1970

Algebra and Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)

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