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Per capita spending on health care in the United States has increased steadily since 1970....

Per capita spending on health care in the United States has increased steadily since 1970.

Year

Per Capita Spending on Health Care

1970

$362

1980

$1005

1990

$2012

1993

$3250

1997

$3981

2000

$4670

2001

$4995

2002

$5440

a. Draw a scatter plot of the data.


b. Find an exponential regression model for the data. Be sure to state what x represents in the model.


c. Use your model to estimate per capita health care spending in 2005.


d. Use your model to determine the rate at which health care spending was changing in 2000.

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