Chapter 3.6, Problem 12G

To determine

To calculate: The predicted length for each winning jump in the year 1984, 2004, 2008 and 2012 using the equation containing the lengths of gold medal in the men’s Olympic long jump if lengths of gold medal from $1900$ to $2000$ is given as,

Year	x	Length (meters)
$1900$	$0$	$7.18$
$1912$	$12$	$7.60$
$1920$	$20$	$7.15$
$1932$	$32$	$7.64$
$1948$	$48$	$7.82$
$1960$	$60$	$8.12$
$1972$	$72$	$8.24$
$1980$	$80$	$8.54$
$1996$	$96$	$8.50$
$2000$	$100$	$8.55$