Use the REGRESSION Feature on a Graphing Calculator

question 166

Multiple Choice

Use the REGRESSION feature on a graphing calculator.
-Since 1984 funeral directors have been regulated by the Federal Trade Commission. The average cost of a funeral for an adult in a Midwest city has increased, as shown in the following table. Let x represent the number of years since 1980. Use a graphing calculator to fit a quartic function to the data. Round
Your answer to five decimal places.

• A) y = 170.5971x + 1991.5213

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Epithelial Tissue

A type of body tissue that lines the cavities and surfaces of structures throughout the body, playing roles in protection, secretion, and absorption.

Epithelial Tissue

A type of tissue that lines the outer surfaces of organs and blood vessels, as well as the inner surfaces of cavities in many internal organs.

Secretion

The process by which substances are produced and discharged from cells or glands for a particular function in the organism or for excretion.

Absorption

The process by which substances are taken up into or across tissues, such as nutrients being absorbed through the gastrointestinal tract into the bloodstream.