Xr03-34 Refer to Exercise 3.33. Another way of measuring the number of property crimes is to calculate the number of crimes per 100,000 of population.

This allows us to remove the effect of the increasing population. Graph these data and interpret your findings.

Year Crimes Year Crimes 1992 4868 2000 3606 1993 4695 2001 3658 1994 4605 2002 3628 1995 4526 2003 3589 1996 4378 2004 3515 1997 4235 2005 3434 1998 3966 2006 3337 1999 3655