The following table shows retail sales in drug stores in billions of dollars in the U.S. for years since 1995. Year Retail Sales 0 85.851 3 108.426 6 141.781 9 169.256 12 202.297 15 222.266 Let yy be the retails sales in billions of dollars in xx years since 1995. A linear model for the data is y=9.44 x+ 84.182. A) Use the above scatter plot to decide whether the line of best fit, fits the data well. __?__ The function is a good model for the data. __?__ The function is not a good model for the data B) To the nearest billion, estimate the retails sales in the U. S. in 2012.  __?__ billions of dollars.   C) Use the equation to find the year in which retails sales will be $249 billion. __?__

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The following table shows retail sales in drug stores in billions of dollars in the U.S. for years since 1995.

Year Retail Sales
0 85.851
3 108.426
6 141.781
9 169.256
12 202.297
15 222.266



Let yy be the retails sales in billions of dollars in xx years since 1995. A linear model for the data is y=9.44 x+ 84.182.


A) Use the above scatter plot to decide whether the line of best fit, fits the data well.

__?__ The function is a good model for the data.

__?__ The function is not a good model for the data



B) To the nearest billion, estimate the retails sales in the U. S. in 2012.  __?__ billions of dollars.

 

C) Use the equation to find the year in which retails sales will be $249 billion. __?__

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