Completing the transition to adulthood is measured by one or more of the following: leaving home, finishing school, getting married, having a child, or being financially independent. The bar graph shows the percentage of Americans, ages 20 and 30, who had completed the transition to adulthood in 1960 and in 2000.

a. Use a 2 × 2 matrix to represent the data for 2000. Entries in the matrix should be percents that are organized as follows:

Call this matrix A.

b. Use a 2 × 2 matrix to represent the data for 1960. Call this matrix B.

c. Find B - A. What does this matrix represent?

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Percentage Having Completed the Transition Percentage Having Completed the Transition to Adulthood -.77% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 9% 65% Age Age 20 30 1960 Men Women 31% 2% Age Age 20 30 2000 Year 29% Age Age 20 30 1960 46%" 6%* Age Age 20 30 2000