The Table Below Gives the Number of Births, in Thousands

Multiple Choice

The table below gives the number of births, in thousands, to females over the age of 35 for a particular state every two years from 1994 to 2010. $\begin{array} { c | c } & \text { Births } \\\text { Year } & \text { (thousands) } \\\hline 1994 & 42.5 \\\hline 1996 & 29.9 \\\hline 1998 & 36.0 \\\hline 2000 & 56.9 \\\hline 2002 & 71.1 \\\hline 2004 & 69.9 \\\hline 2006 & 57.2 \\\hline 2008 & 37.1 \\\hline 2010 & 25.9\end{array}$
Use technology to find the quartic function that is the best fit for this data, where x is the number of years after 1994.
Round to five decimal places.

A) $y = 43.26566 x ^ { 4 } - 18.98367 x ^ { 3 } + 6.66654 x ^ { 2 } - 0.62258 x + 0.01723$
B) $y = - 0.01723 x ^ { 4 } + 0.62258 x ^ { 3 } - 6.66654 x ^ { 2 } + 18.98367 x - 43.26566$
C) $y = 0.02223 x ^ { 4 } - 0.82248 x ^ { 3 } + 8.66654 x ^ { 2 } - 15.98367 x + 41.96566$
D) $y = 0.01723 x ^ { 4 } - 0.62258 x ^ { 3 } + 6.66654 x ^ { 2 } - 18.98367 x + 43.26566$