Multiple Choice
The accompanying table gives the projected state subsidies (in millions of dollars) to the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) over a 5-yr period. Find an equation of the least-squares line for these data. Use the result to estimate the state subsidy to the MBTA for the sixth year (x = 6) .
A) y = 2.7x + 17.8; $34,100,000
B) y = 2.8x + 17.6; $34,600,000
C) y = 2.8x + 17.6; $34,400,000
D) y = 2.7x + 17.8; $34,000,000
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