The data below show Americans’ annual per capita consumption of chicken for several years since 1985.
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Year
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1986
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1987
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1988
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1989
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1990
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Pounds of chicken
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- Use the values for 1987 through 1989 to fit a quadratic equation to the data, where is measured in years since 1985.
- What does your equation predict for per capita chicken consumption in 1990?
Answer: lbs
- Sketch the graph of your equation and the given data. Does your model provide a good fit for the data?