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Chapter 7 Problem 7.3.72

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International Travel The table shows the numbers of international travelers (in thousands) to the United States from South America from 2008 through 2010. (Source: U.S. Department of Commerce) (a) The data can be modeled by the quadratic function Create a system of linear equations for the data. Let represent the year, with corresponding to 2008. (b) Use the matrix capabilities of a graphing utility to find the inverse matrix to solve the system from part (a) and find the least squares regression parabola (c) Use the graphing utility to graph the parabola with the data. (d) Do you believe the model is a reasonable predictor of future numbers of travelers? Explain.

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Title College Algebra 9 
Author Ron Larson
ISBN 9781133963028

International Travel The table shows the numbers of

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