2000 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 4
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[hide]Problem
In 1960 only 5% of the working adults in Carlin City worked at home. By 1970 the "at-home" work force had increased to 8%. In 1980 there were approximately 15% working at home, and in 1990 there were 30%. The graph that best illustrates this is:
Solution
The data are , , , and . Only one of these graphs has the answer and that is choice .
Solution 2
We can look at the graphs and note that the only one that has all the correct points is
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