Medicine The number of persons in the United States with diagnosed diabetes for the

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Medicine The number of persons in the United States with diagnosed diabetes for the years 19942008 is given below. Number (in millions) of persons with Diagnosed Year Diabetes in the United States 1994 8.1 1995 8.0 1996 8.8 1997 9.4 1998 10.5 1999 11.1 2000 12.0 2001 12.9 2002 13.6 2003 14.3 2004 15.2 2005 16.3 2006 16.8 2007 17.9 2008 24.0 Let N be the dependent variable representing the number (in millions) of persons with diagnosed diabetes in the United States and let t be the independent variable representing time in years. Let correspond to the year 1994. Use matrix methods to find an equation of the line of best fit for this data and then use this equation to predict the number of persons that will have diagnosed diabetes in the United States in the year 2011. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Department of Health and Human Services, and American Diabetes Association.