SOLUTION: PLEASE HELP ME THANK YOU!!!!! Tamara recorded the population of Medville for certain years in this table. Medvile Population Year 1985-1990-1995-2000-2005 Pop 1512-16

Question 888118: PLEASE HELP ME THANK YOU!!!!!
Tamara recorded the population of Medville for certain years in this
table.
Medvile Population
Year 1985-1990-1995-2000-2005
Pop 1512-1698-1607-1791-1924
She determined the line of best fit that models this data is
y x   18 1,520, where x represents the number of years since 1985
and y represents the population. According to Tamara�s model, what is
the best prediction for the population of Medville in 1997?
The Answer is 1736 BUT HOW DO I GET THAT ANSWER? I AM LOST AND NEED SERIOUS HELP!!!

Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The way the best fit line is expressed is unfamiliar to me.
I also suspect that one of your symbols got misinterpreted by the software,
but I assume Tamara's best fit line is what I would represent as

Then, for 1997, is the number of years since 1985,
and for
is he best prediction for the population of Medville in 1997.

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