Solve the problem.The table shows the population of a certain city in various different years. Use regression to find values for a and b so that f(x) = axb models this data, where x represents the number of years since 1990 and f(x) is the population of the city in hundreds of thousands. Round your answers to 4 decimal places.

A. a ? 1.8506, b ? 0.5121
B. a ? 1.7025, b ? 0.5375
C. a ? 2.1375, b ? 0.4432
D. a ? 2.6352, b ? 0.4756


Answer: D

Mathematics

You might also like to view...

Find the probability.What is the probability that a card drawn from a deck of 52 cards is not a 9? 

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mathematics

Graph the equation.(x - 6)2 + (y - 5)2 = 4

A.

B.

C.

D.

Mathematics

Determine if the infinite geometric series converges or diverges. If the series converges, find its sum.

A. converges, 
B. converges, ?
C. diverges
D. converges, 15

Mathematics

In the simplex method, a basic solution is infeasible if one of the slack variables is negative

A) True B) False

Mathematics