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LIFE SCIENCE APPLICATIONS
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a. Plot the data, letting
b. Would a linear or quadratic function best model this data? Explain.
c. If your graphing calculator has a quadratic regression feature, find the quadratic function that best fits the data. Graph this function on the same calculator window as the data. (See Example 7(c).)
d. Choose the lowest point in the table above as the vertex and (110,77.0) as a second point to find a quadratic function defined by
e. Graph the function from part d on the same calculator window as the data and function from part c. Do the graphs of the two functions differ by much?
f. Predict the number of males per
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