Shown here are the total employment labor force figures for the country of Romania over a 13-year period published in LABORSTA. Develop the equation of a trend line through these data and use the equation to predict the total employment labor force of Romania for the year 2011.

Year Total Employment (1000s)

1995 ...........11,152

1996 ...........10,935

1997 ...........11,050

1998 ...........10,845

1999 ...........10,776

2000 ...........10,764

2001 ...........10,697

2002 ........... 9,234

2003 ........... 9,223

2004 ........... 9,158

2005 ........... 9,147

2006 ........... 9,313

2007 ........... 9,353