Medical Research Expenditures Table 7.2 shows expenditures (in billions of dollars) for

Chapter 7, Problem 7.1.1.55

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Medical Research Expenditures Table 7.2 shows expenditures (in billions of dollars) for public medical research costs for several years. Let \(x=0\)  stand for 2000, \(x=1\) stand for 2001, and so forth.

(a) Find the quadratic regression equation and superimpose its graph on a scatter plot of the data.

(b) Find the logistic regression equation and superimpose its graph on a scatter plot of the data.

(c) When will the two models predict expenditures of 42 billion dollars?

(d) Writing to Learn Explain the long-range implications of using the quadratic regression equation to predict future expenditures.

(e) Writing to Learn Explain the long-range implications of using the logistic regression equation to predict future expenditures.

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