The accompanying table gives the U.S. decennial census figures (in millions) for the period 19502000: a. Find
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The accompanying table gives the U.S. decennial census figures (in millions) for the period 1950–2000:
a. Find the least-squares line y = mt + b for these data, where y is the U.S.population t decades after 1950.
b. Use the least-squares line found in part (a) to predict the U.S. population for the year 2010. Use the Internet to find the actual U.S. population in 2010 and compare with the predicted value.
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a The data set to be fit is 0 1507 1 1793 2 2032 3 2265 4 2487 and 5 2914 Fo...View the full answer
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