Concept explainers
Modeling labor force data. In Exercise 35 from Section 7.2,
we modeled the size of the U.S. labor force with the equation
a. Add a line to the table that you began in Exercise 35 from
Section 7.2 as follows:
2003 (year 0) | 2004 (year 1) | 2005 (year 2) | 2006 (year 3) | 2009 (year 6) | |
Actual Data | 146 | 147 | 149.2 | 151.3 | 154.1 |
Values predicted by your model | 146 | 147.77 | 149.54 | 151.31 | 156.62 |
Values predicted by the line of best fit | 145.66 | 147.47 | 149.28 | 151.09 | 156.52 |
Values predicted by parabola of best fit | 145.935 |
b. Does the line of best fit or the parabola of best fit seem to model the data better? Explain your answer.
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- Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic GeometryAlgebraISBN:9781133382119Author:SwokowskiPublisher:Cengage