6 (12) The following table shows the number, in millions, graduating from high school in the United States in a given year.tNumber graduating (in millions)2.852.983.113.24Year2001200320052007(a) Find the slope of the linear function modeling high school graduations. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)million per yearExplain in practical terms the meaning of the slope.The slope means that every year the number graduating increases vv by aboutmillion.(b) Find a formula for a linear function that models these data. (Let t be the number of years since 2001 and N the number in millions graduating.. Round the values to two decimal places.)N =(c) Express, using functional notation, the number graduating from high school in 2012.N(Calculate that value. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)million students(d) The actual number graduating from high school in 1994 was about 2.52 million. Compare this with the value given by the formula in part (b) and with estimates using a formula derivedfrom the table below.YearNumber graduating (in millions)19852.8319872.6519892.4719912.29Estimated number of graduates using data from this table. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)million studentsEstimated number of graduates using formula derived in part (b). (Round your answer to two decimal places.)million students

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Description: 6 (12) The following table shows the number, in millions, graduating from high school in the United States in a given year.tNumber graduating (in millions)2.852.983.113.24Year2001200320052007(a) Find the slope of the linear function modeling high sch