The percentage of first year college males who will claim no religious affiliation in 2030 is approximately ___%

  34.5%

Step-by-step explanation:

If we assume the relationship is approximately linear with time, we can use technology to draw a line of best fit through the given data. Extrapolating to the year 2030 predicts the value to be 34.5%.

In 2030, we might expect about 34.5% of male first-year college students to claim no religious affiliation.

_____

Additional comment

When it comes to religion, many factors are in play. The assumption we have made has no justification whatever, except that it provides a method for answering the question. (It also predicts the percentage to be 0 in 1963, which we believe to be unrealistic.) An exponential fit is better (r^2 = 0.97), and it predicts about 46.0%.

c.

step-by-step explanation:

she should of added 9^2 and 12^2. that is because it is a^2+b^2=c^2. c^2 is the hypotenuse and should always be bigger than the other two numbers. which is why she should of added 9 squared and 12 squared together instead of 15 squared.