document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=152881>Question 152881</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I HAVE BEEN GIVEN A TABLE WHICH SHOWS THE MEDIAN \"B.M.I\" (BODY MASS INDEX) FOR FEMALES OF DIFFERENT AGES IN THE U.S IN THE YEAR 2000 . THE QUESTION IS USE TECHNOLOGY TO PLOT THE DATA POINTS ON A GRAPH?? . DEFINE ALL VARIABLES USED AND STATE ANY PARAMETERS CLEARLY??what type of function ,models the behavior of the graph? explain why one chose this function?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "AGE B.M.I<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 16.40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 15.70<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 15.30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5 15.20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 15.21<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7 15.40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8 15.80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9 16.30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10 16.80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11 17.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 18.18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "13 18.70<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14 19.36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15 19.88<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16 20.40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17 20.85<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18 21.22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "19 21.60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20 21.65<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #112346 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=112346\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x=age and y=BMI\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If we plot the points, we get \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that the data is periodically rising and falling. So a trigonometric function like <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sin%28x%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sin%28x%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=cos%28x%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"cos%28x%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > would fit this data. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here is my attempt to fit a <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=cos%28x%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"cos%28x%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > function to the data. It's not perfect, but it gets pretty close\r<BR>\n" );
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