Concept explainers
Mathematical Models In Exercises 9 and 10, (a) plot the actual data and the model of the same graph and (b) describe how closely the model represents the data. If the model does not closely represent the data, suggest another type of model that may be a better fit.
The ordered pairs below give the civilian noninstitutional U.S populations y (in millions of people) 16 years of age and over not in the civilian labor force from 2006 through 2014. (Spreadsheet at LarsonPrecalculus.com)
(2006, 77.4) | (2011, 86.0) |
(2007, 78.7) | (2012, 88.3) |
(2008, 79.5) | (2013, 90.3) |
(2009, 81.7) | (2014, 92.0) |
(2010, 83.9) |
A model for the data is
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