Fitting Linear Models to Data · Review Exercise 89

Consider this scenario: The population of a city increased steadily over a ten-year span. The following ordered pairs show the population and the year over the ten-year span (population, year) for specific recorded years:

$\left(\text{3},\text{6}00,2000\right);\left(\text{4},000,2001\right);\left(\text{4},\text{7}00,2003\right);\left(\text{6},000,2006\right)$

According to the model, what is the population in 2014?

OpenStax, Algebra and Trigonometry 2e · §4.3 Fitting Linear Models to Data · Review Exercise 89