wata released by the Department of Education regarding the rate percentage of ninth grade students who don t graduate in a ertain year showed that out of 50 states 15 states had an increase in the dropout rate during the past 2 years 14 states had a dropout rate of at least 30 during the past 2 years 23 states had an increase in the dropout rate and or a dropout rate of at least 30 during the past 2 years a How many states had both a dropout rate of at least 30 and an increase in the dropout rate over the 2 year period states b How many states had a dropout rate that was less than 30 but that had increased over the 2 year period states