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6. Tuition at American Private Universities The following table shows the average yearly tuition and required fees, in dollars, charged by four-year American private nonprofit universities in the school year ending in the given year.
Date | Average tuition |
2012 | $27,870 |
2013 | $29,004 |
2014 | $30,138 |
2015 | $31,272 |
2016 | $32,406 |
a. Show that these data can be modeled by a linear function, and find its formula.
b. Plot the data points and add the graph of the linear formula you found in part a.
c. What prediction does this formula give for average tuition and fees at four-year American private nonprofit universities for the academic year ending in 2021?
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