3.4 Exit Ticket: Quadratic Regression

The table shows the population of a city every ten years since 1970.

Find the curve of best fit for the relationship of numbers of years since 1970 and population in thousands. Round to 2 decimal places.

Using your curve of best fit from #1 what will be the estimated population in 2030?

Using your curve of best fit from # 1 in which year will there be an estimated population of 1585.51 thousands?