Solve the problem.The table below gives the violent crime rate (per 100,000 people) for a particular state every five years from 1970 to 2010.
Use technology to find the cubic function that is the best fit for this data, where x is the number of years after 1970. Round to five decimal places.
A. y = -0.00024x3 + 0.02250x2 - 0.03111x + 4.68687
B. y = -0.00034x3 + 0.01950x2 - 0.04893x + 4.79798
C. y = -0.00053x3 + 0.02460x2 - 0.01893x + 5.79798
D. y = 4.79798x3 - 0.04893x2 + 0.01950x - 0.00034
Answer: B
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