The Table Shows Average Salaries for Employees of Fairto Middlin

question 71

Essay

The table shows average salaries for employees of Fairto Middlin Corporation. Find a linear regression equation for the data and graph the equation with a scatter plot of the data. (Use x=0 for 1975 , and express values to the nearest hundredth.) Use this data to estimate the average salary in 2012 .
$\begin{array}{cc}\text { Year } & \text { Average Salary (\$) } \\\hline 1975 & 18,632 \\1980 & 19,563 \\1985 & 21,324 \\1990 & 22,817 \\1995 & 25,099 \\2000 & 26,103\end{array}$

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Monocular Cues

Visual information that allows for perception of depth and distance using one eye.

Depth Perception

The visual ability to perceive the world in three dimensions and judge the distance of an object.

Binocular Depth Cue

Visual information taken in by two eyes that enable us to perceive depth and distance.

Monocular

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