Question 5 • Applications and Modeling
A period has a negative average rate of change when the median age decreases from its first year to its last. It falls from 25.1 to 24.6 in 1910–1920, from 24.6 to 24.3 in 1920–1930, and from 24.3 to 22.8 in 1940–1950. Therefore, all of the listed periods have a negative average rate of change.
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