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Sports The winning times (in minutes) in the womens 400-meter freestyle swimming event in the Olympics from 1948 through 2008 are given by the following ordered pairs. (Spreadsheet at LarsonPrecalculus.com) A linear model that approximates the data is where represents the winning time (in minutes) and represents 1948. Plot the actual data and the model on the same set of coordinate axes. How closely does the model represent the data? Does it appear that another type of model may be a better fit? Explain. (Source: International Olympic Committee)

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