Semester student applications (in thousands) 1 106 2 137 3 285 4 120 5 202 6 195 7 327 8 139 9 307 10 318 11 212 12 217 the table shows the total number of student applications to universities in a particular state over a period of 12 semesters. states base their decisions on data like this. suppose they decide that if fewer than 200,000 students apply during 6 or more semesters, the state will make a special effort to promote university education. using this data, what is the population proportion of semesters for which the number of student applications is less than 200,000? a. there is insufficient data to answer this question. b. 20% c. 33% d. 42%

I believe the answer is D 42%

the answer is d 42%

Step-by-step explanation:

d

step-by-step explanation:

hello and welcome!

so, when we see the words "proportional" along with a table, we need to know that we're looking numbers that divide by the same thing.

looking at this table, we simply have to do a trial and error, and divide to see which numbers have the same quotient. if you look at choice a & c, they both have equal quotients for three of the numbers, with one exception, so those can't be the answer. looking at b, there is no similarity, so that can't be it. then, we see d; if you divide all the numbers in the table, you'll see that they all divide by two, which is a proportional relationship, and our answer!

also, always remember that the x will always be the number that goes into y, and somewhere behind this table, is a formula. for this specific table, the formula would be:

since our x-value is being divided by two to get the y-value. and if they were to ask for more numbers in the series, this is the formula you would use to find them.

49/6 is going to equal 8 1/6