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According to the U.S. Census, the percent of U.S. schoolchildren aged 5 to 17 who speak an...

According to the U.S. Census, the percent of U.S. schoolchildren aged 5 to 17 who speak another language at home is given in the following table.

Year

Percent

1979

8.5

1989

12.6

1992

14.2

1995

14.1

1999

16.7

a. Find a linear regression model to fit the data. Let x represent the number of years after 1970.


b. Use the model from part a to estimate the percent of U.S. schoolchildren in 1994 who spoke another language at home.


c. Use the model from part a to predict the percent of U.S. schoolchildren in 2010 who speak another language at home.

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