Each group member should consult an almanac. newspaper, magazine. or the Internet to

Chapter 3, Problem 101

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Each group member should consult an almanac. newspaper, magazine. or the Internet to find data that initially increase and then decrease, or \~Ce versa, and therefore can be modeled by a quadratic function. G roup members should select the two sets of data that a re most interesting and relevant For each data set selected, a. Use the quadratic regression feature of a graphing utility to find the quadratic function tha t best fits the data. b. Use the equation o f the quadratic function lo make a prediction from the data. What circumstances might affect the accuracy of your prediction? c. Usc the equation or the quadratic function to write and solve a problem in voh~ng maximizing or minimizing the function.