1/ The link below is the source of my data. It represents total expenditures by year of the state of Nebraska. It includes both funds appropriated by the Legislature and trust fund expenditures that do not require Legislative appropriations. Prior years expenditures. Home Page. (n.d.). https://statespending.nebraska.gov/HistoricalExpendituresByFund 2/ The earliest year used for my model, that is corresponding to x = 0 is 2020. 3/ Here is the table. x Year $ (Billion) 0 2020 12.9 1 2021 14.9 2 2022 15.3 3 2023 17.2 4 2024 18.5 4/ The equation of the line of best fit for my data is: y = 1.35x + 13.06 5/ The value of x that corresponds to 2031: 2031 - 2020 = 11 x = 11 So, my predictions for 2031 expenditures is: y(11) = 1.35(11) + 13.06 y = 27.9 The predicted expenditure for 2031 is $27.9 billions provide response