<PRE><B>Question 441267</B>
Tommy noticed that every day there are more sea gulls in the supermarket parking lot.On the first day,There were 7,On the second day, there were 15.On the third day, there were 24.At this rate, how many sea gulls will there be on the 8th day? Explain how you got your answer.
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Sequence: 7,15,24,....
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I ran a linear regression program on the data and
got the following regression equation:
f(x) = 8.5x -(5/3)
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So, f(8) = 8.5(8)-(5/3)  = 66 1/3
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Round down to 66 gulls on day 8
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Cheers,
Stan H.</PRE>