Find the required linear model using least-squares regression.
The table below gives the total sales (in billions of dollars) for the aerospace industry.
Year |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Sales |
184.4184.4 |
186.7186.7 |
188.3188.3 |
189.5189.5 |
190.5190.5 |
191.3191.3 |
(a) Find a linear model for the data with x=6 corresponding to the year 2006.
(b) Assuming the trend continues, estimate the total sales for the year 2015.
(a) The linear model for the data is
yequals=nothing xplus+nothing .
a)
a)
from above: y^ =1.35x+177.01
b)
predicted value =1.35*15+177.01=197.26
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