Provide an appropriate response.A pediatric speech therapist started her own practice in 2004. The function y = 3.2 x + 10.53 models the number of patients she treated each year, where x is the number of years after 2004. The model was found using data for the years between 2004 and 2012. What does the model estimate as the number of patients in 2009? Round to the nearest whole number. Is this interpolation or extrapolation?

A. 29; interpolation
B. 27; interpolation
C. 25; extrapolation
D. 27; extrapolation


Answer: B

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