Multiple Choice
The following table shows the annual revenues (in millions of dollars) of a pharmaceutical company over the period 1990-2011.
The scatterplot indicates that the annual revenues have an increasing trend. Linear, exponential, quadratic, and cubic models were fit to the data starting with t = 1, and the following output was generated.
Which of the following is a revenue forecast for 2012 found by the polynomial trend equation with the best fit?
A) About 2 billion and 149 million dollars
B) About 2 billion and 189 million dollars
C) About 2 billion and 337 million dollars
D) About 2 billion and 34 million dollars
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