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The accompanying bar chart shows the predictions of the Pew Research Center about the future racial and ethniccomposition of American society. American Indian/Alaskan American comprised less than $1 \%$ of the population for each of the years on the chart and thus is not represented.a. The U.S. Bureau of the Census projected that there will be approximately 438 million people in the United States in the year $2050 .$ Approximately how many people will be of Hispanic origin in $2050 ?$b. Describe three changes in the racial composition of the United States since $1960 .$c. Write a topic sentence describing an overall trend.
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According to the bar chart, the percentage of people of Hispanic origin in 2050 is predicted to be around 29%. To find the approximate number of people of Hispanic origin in 2050, we can multiply the total projected population by the percentage of Hispanic Show more…
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