The table shows the annual consumption of cheese per person in the United States for selected years in the twentieth century. Use a cubic model to estimate milk production in 1978.Year | Pounds Consumed1908 | 3.2551937 | 9.0531959 | 17.8371996 | 58.395
Accepted Solution
A:
The general form of a cubic model is given by:
[tex]f(x)=ax^3+bx^2+cx+d[/tex]
Let x represent the number of years after 1900, then from the table, we have: