The atmospheric pressure (in millibars) at a given altitude (in meters) is shown in the table.

(a) Use a graphing calculator to make a scatter diagram of the data for atmospheric pressure P at altitude x.

(b) Would a linear or an exponential function fit the data better?

(c) The following function approximates the data. P(x) = 1013e^-0.0001341x 

Use a graphing calculator to graph P and the data on the same coordinate axes.

(d) Use P to predict the pressures at 1500 m and 11,000 m, and compare them to the actual values of 846 millibars and 227 millibars, respectively.

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Altitude Pressure Altitude Pressure 6000 472 1013 1000 899 7000 411 357 2000 795 8000 3000 701 9000 308 617 10,000 265 4000 5000 541