Use a Graphing Calculator to Plot the Data and Find

question 193

Short Answer

Use a graphing calculator to plot the data and find the quadratic function of best fit.
-The following table shows the median number of hours of leisure time that Americans had each week in
various years.
Use x = 0 to represent the year 1973. Using a graphing utility, determine the quadratic regression equation for
the data given. What year corresponds to the time when Americans had the least time to spend on leisure?

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