Obesity (BMI 30) is a serious problem in the United States and is expected to get
Question:
Obesity (BMI ≥ 30) is a serious problem in the United States and is expected to get worse. Being overweight increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and many other ailments, but the severely obese (BMI ≥ 40) are most at risk and the most expensive to treat. The following table shows the percent of obese Americans who are severely obese for selected years from 1990 and projected to 2030.
The percent of obese American adults who are severely obese can be modeled by the function
where x is the number of years after 1980. Use this function in Problem.
(a) Find limx→40 S(x), if it exists.
(b) What does this limit estimate?
(c) Is the function accurate as x → 40? Explain.
Step by Step Answer:
Mathematical Applications For The Management, Life And Social Sciences
ISBN: 9781337625340
12th Edition
Authors: Ronald J. Harshbarger, James J. Reynolds