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Solve the problem.Social Science The following table shows the percentage of U.S. students...

Solve the problem.

Social Science The following table shows the percentage of U.S. students who carried a weapon to school in various years†:

Year

Percentage

1993

22.1

1995

20.0

1997

18.3

1999

17.3

2001

17.4

2003

17.1

2005

18.5

(a) Sketch a scatter plot for this data, with x = 3 corresponding to 1993.


(b) Use quadratic regression to find a function g that models this data.


(c) Assuming the trend continues, estimate the percentage of students carrying a weapon school in 2009.

†The U.S. Department of Justice.

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