A "Student Drug Use and Health Survey" of Ontario high school students found that the percentage of students that reported serious psychosocial distre

Khaleesi Herbert

Khaleesi Herbert

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2021-02-08

A "Student Drug Use and Health Survey" of Ontario high school students found that the percentage of students that reported serious psychosocial distress in the past month increased from 10.7% in 2013 to 17.1% in 2017.
Assuming a standard exponential growth trend, what is the annual growth rate in the percentage of students reporting serious psychosocial distress in the past month?

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rogreenhoxa8

rogreenhoxa8

Skilled2021-02-09Added 109 answers

Let t=0 for 2013, t=1 for 2014, t=2 for 2015, t=3 for 2016, t=4 for 2017.
Assuming the exponential growth rate as,
y(t)=axxekt where y is the % of students having serious psychosocial distress at time ta is value at starting t=0k is the rate of growtht is time
Therefore, at t=4, y=17.1
Thus,
17.1=10.7ek4
e4k=loge(17.110.7)=0.4688
k=0.1172
Hence, the equation of exponential growth rate is
y(t)10.7e0.1172t
Thus the annual growth rate is calculated at t=1 we get
y(1)=10.7e0.11721
y(1)=10.7e0.1172
y(1)=12.03
Hence, the annual growth rate in the percentage of students reporting serious psychosocial distress in the past month is 12.03%.

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