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Violent Crime The following table gives the rate of violent crimes (per 100,000 residents)...

Violent Crime The following table gives the rate of violent crimes (per 100,000 residents) in the United States, as a function of the year x.

a. Find the power model that is the best fit for the data, with x equal to the number of years after 1999.


b. What rate of violent crimes did the model predict for 2012?

Year

Violent Crimes per 100,000

Year

Violent Crimes per 100,000

2000

506.5

2004

463.2

2001

504.5

2005

469.2

2002

494.4

2006

473.6

2003

475.8

2007

466.9

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