Fitting Linear Models to Data · Exercise 25

The U.S. import of wine (in hectoliters) for several years is given in the table. Determine whether the trend appears linear. If so, and assuming the trend continues, in what year will imports exceed 12,000 hectoliters?

$$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Year}& \text{Imports}\\ \text{1992}& \text{2665}\\ \text{1994}& \text{2688}\\ \text{1996}& \text{3565}\\ \text{1998}& \text{4129}\\ \text{2000}& \text{4584}\\ \text{2002}& \text{5655}\\ \text{2004}& \text{6549}\\ \text{2006}& \text{7950}\\ \text{2008}& \text{8487}\\ \text{2009}& \text{9462}\end{array}$$

OpenStax, Algebra and Trigonometry 2e · §4.3 Fitting Linear Models to Data · Exercise 25