The Table Below Gives the Violent Crime Rate (Per 100,000

question 233

Multiple Choice

The table below gives the violent crime rate (per 100,000 people) for a particular state every five years from 1970 to 2010.
$\begin{array} { c | c } \text { Year } & \text { Rate } \\\hline 1970 & 4.8 \\\hline 1975 & 5.0 \\\hline 1980 & 5.9 \\\hline 1985 & 7.3 \\\hline 1990 & 8.9 \\\hline 1995 & 10.4 \\\hline 2000 & 11.6 \\\hline 2005 & 12.3 \\\hline 2010 & 12.1\end{array}$
Use technology to find the cubic function that is the best fit for this data, where x is the number of years after 1970. Use the model to estimate the violent crime rate for the year 2014.

• A) 11.6
• B) 11.4
• C) 11.8
• D) 11

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