document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1057231>Question 1057231</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Does scatter plot <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+b+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+b+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > correspond with the data table shown in the image?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Reference: https://s17.postimg.org/ikx6j5xvz/corresponding.png\r<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 #672284 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=672284\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It's ambiguous.  It clearly cannot be c or d, because they aren't quadratic.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The scale for a assumes the first data element is year 1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The scale for b assumes the first data element is year 8, which would fit if the 0 period were 1990.  I like b better for that reason. I don't like year 1 for the first element, because it suggests there is a year 0, which I don't see. </SPAN>\n" );
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