Severely obese persons (BMI > 40) are at serious health risk, and their number is increasing. Using

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Severely obese persons (BMI > 40) are at serious health risk, and their number is increasing. Using data from 1990 and projected to 2030 the percent of severely obese U.S. adults can be approximated by

S = 0.264t - 2.57

with t equal to the number of years past 1980

(a) What t-value represents 2018?

(b) What value of t gives S = 10?

(c) In what year does the equation predict that at least 10% of U.S. adults will be severely obese?

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