This table gives the mean price for a gallon of gasoline in the United States from 1950

Question:

This table gives the mean price for a gallon of gasoline in the United States from 1950 through 2000.

a. Make a scatter plot of the data. Let x represent the year, and y represent the price in dollars.
b. Find the median-median line of the data.
c. Assuming that the same trend continues, predict the price of gas in 2010. From what you know (or can find out) about current world fossil fuel supplies, is the pattern likely to continue? Explain.