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The table shows the population of Nowhere, Missouri in selected years. YearPopulation19...

The table shows the population of Nowhere, Missouri in selected years.

Year

Population

1950

930,568

1970

681,185

1980

528,162

1990

401,901

2000

354,474

2007

250,040

(a) Construct a scatter plot of the data, with x = 0 corresponding to 1950 and P measured in thousands.


(b) Does the data appear to be approximately linear? If so, is there a positive or negative correlation?


(c) Use regression to find a model for the data. Round the coefficients in your model to three decimal places.

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