Fitting Linear Models to Data · Review Exercise 79

Draw a scatter plot for the data in the table. If we wanted to know when the population would reach 15,000, would the answer involve interpolation or extrapolation?

$$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Year}& \text{Population}\\ \text{1990}& \text{5,600}\\ \text{1995}& \text{5,950}\\ \text{2000}& \text{6,300}\\ \text{2005}& \text{6,600}\\ \text{2010}& \text{6,900}\end{array}$$

Its source prints no answer for this problem, so there's nothing to check against.

OpenStax, Algebra and Trigonometry 2e · §4.3 Fitting Linear Models to Data · Review Exercise 79