Question: 65. Patent Applications Create a quadratic regression model using the data in Table 2.7, letting x = 0 stand for Precalculus 1980, x = 10

65. Patent Applications Create a quadratic regression model using the data in Table 2.7, letting x = 0 stand for Precalculus 1980, x = 10 for 1990, and so on. In what year does this model predict the number of patent applications to have first exceeded 350,000? Table 2.7 U.S. Patent Applications Applications Pg 195 Year (thousands) 1980 112.4 1990 176.3 1995 228.2 2000 315.0 2005 417.5 2008 485.3 2010 520.3 2012 576.8 Source: U.S. Patent Statistics Table, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2012
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