The annual profits for a company are given in the following table, where x represents
the number of years since 1997, and y represents the profit in thousands of dollars.
Write the linear regression equation that represents this set of data, rounding all
coefficients to the nearest tenth. Using this equation, find the projected profit (in
thousands of dollars) for 2008, rounded to the nearest thousand dollars.
Profits (y)
Years since 1997 (1) Gin thotsands of dollars)
0
66
1
108
2.
89
3
157
4
178
5
199