SOLUTION: The table shows the number of active red-cockaded woodpecker clusters in a part of the De Soto National Forest in Mississippi. Write an equation that models the number of active cl

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Question 220649: The table shows the number of active red-cockaded woodpecker clusters in a part of the De Soto National Forest in Mississippi. Write an equation that models the number of active clusters as a function of the number of years since 1990
Year 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Active clusters 20 28 34 40 42 48 52 56 63
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Write an equation that models the number of active clusters as a function of the number of years since 1990
Year 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Active clusters 20 28 34 40 42 48 52 56 63
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I paired 2 with 20, 3 with 28, etc
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I ran a linear regression program on the data and got the following:
y = 5x + 12.56
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You might also run a quadratic and/or a cubit regression program
on the data to see what they look like.
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Cheers,
Stan H.