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Income Tax per Capita The U.S. federal income tax per civilian is given in the table.YearT...

Income Tax per Capita The U.S. federal income tax per civilian is given in the table.

Year

Tax per Capita ($)

Year

Tax per Capita ($)

1960

252.31

1999

3607.05

1965

280.06

2000

4047.59

1970

513.40

2001

4151.49

1975

731.56

2002

3622.61

1980

1274.47

2003

3416.05

1985

1679.20

2004

3395.55

1990

2178.49

2005

3762.28

1995

2550.81

2006

4159.93

1997

3039.94

2007

4552.09

a. Use x as the number of years after 1960 and write the equation of the function that is the best fit for the data.


b. In what year does the model predict the tax per capita will reach $7500?

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