Question 1055174
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1998  1469
1999  1502
2000  1638
2001  1670
2002  1733
2003  1802
2004  1838 

On your TI-83 or TI-84 graphing calculator:

Press STAT
Press ENTER
Enter 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, in L1 and 1469,1502,etc.,1838 in L2.

Press STAT
Highlight CALC
Scroll down to LinReg(
Press ENTER several times until you see

y=ax+b
a=64.35714286
b=1407.142857
r<sup>2</sup>=.9740622353
r=.986945914

One of the choices has this bottom value of r
[not r<sup>2</sup>] rounded to 4 decimals.

Edwin</pre><b>