Poverty The table shows the number of millions of people in the United States who lived below the poverty level for selected years.
a. Find a quadratic model that approximately fits the data, using x as the number of years after 1990.
b. Use the model to predict the number of people living below the poverty level in 2013.
Year | People Living Below the Poverty Level (millions) | Year | People Living Below the Poverty Level (millions) |
1993 | 39.3 | 2002 | 34.6 |
1994 | 38.1 | 2003 | 35.9 |
1995 | 36.4 | 2004 | 37.0 |
1996 | 36.5 | 2005 | 37.0 |
1997 | 35.6 | 2006 | 36.5 |
1998 | 34.5 | 2007 | 37.2 |
1999 | 32.3 | 2008 | 39.8 |
2000 | 31.1 | 2009 | 43.6 |
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