Because of New, Lower Standards, Experts in a Study Conducted

question 44

Multiple Choice

Because of new, lower standards, experts in a study conducted in early 2000 projected a rise in the market for cholesterol-reducing drugs. The any market (in billions of dollars) for such drugs from 1999 through 2004 is given in the following table ( represents 1999) : Find an equation of the least-squares line for these data. Please round coefficients to the nearest hundredth if necessary. Estimate the market for cholesterol-reducing drugs in 2005, assuming the trend continued.

• A) $23.88 billion
• B) $26.27 billion
• C) $29.39 billion
• D) $29.25 billion
• E) $24.11 billion

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