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The following table shows the revenue in billions of dollars for the state of Georgia for...

The following table shows the revenue in billions of dollars for the state of Georgia for the years 1996 through 2000.

YEAR t

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

Revenue R (billions of dollars)

9.9

10.5

11.1

12.1

13

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

a. Use a plot of the data to determine whether a linear function is a suitable model for these data.


b. If a linear model is suitable, find the linear function that best fits the data.

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