?Suppose that the net profit (in millions of dollars) for Microsoft from 2000 to 2007 is shown in the table below.
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 Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Net Profit 9,381 10,023 10,39410,486  11,330 12,355 12,489 14,400?
?A cubic model  that matches the data for the years 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2007 is to be determined where x represents the number of years since 2000. Set up a system of equations to solve for the coefficients a0, a1, a2 and a3.
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Answer: C

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