The table below provides data from several line items from the North Dakota state budgets from 2003 2014. Each line item represents the number of millions of dollars spent for that category in the given year. The final column on the data table is the population of North Dakota each year according the U.S. Census Bureau.

State of North Dakota
Year	budget line items			Population of the State
	Higher Education (in millions of dollars)	Transportation (in millions of dollars)	Total Budget (in millions of dollars)
2003	230	385	2496	631,680
2004	240	397	2562	635,480
2005	272	452	2808	634,528
2006	292	501	2945	636,019
2007	305	446	3081	637,534
2008	326	450	3365	640,525
2009	390	593	4040	645,903
2010	406	654	4808	674,526
2011	377	846	5204	685,476
2012	389	911	5445	702,087
2013	505	1483	6482	724,019
2014	567	1897	7262	739,904

Part A: Construct a scatter-plot of the money spent on higher education versus the year. Be sure to put the

explanatory variable on the horizontal axis. Be sure to label each axis and include appropriate units of scale. If the data appear to follow a linear model, draw the regression line (line of best fit.) If the data appear to follow an exponential model, draw the regression curve (curve of best fit.) Include this graph in your report

Part B: Find the equation for the line or curve of best fit that you drew on the graph in question #1. Use this equation to predict the amount of money North Dakota will budget for higher education in 2020. In your report, discuss at least two reasons why this prediction may not turn out to be accurate.

Part C: Construct a scatter-plot of the money spent on transportation versus the year. Be sure to put the explanatory variable on the horizontal axis. Be sure to label each axis and include appropriate units of scale. If the data appear to follow a linear model, draw the regression line (line of best fit.) If the data appear to follow an exponential model, draw the regression curve (curve of best fit.) Include this graph in your report

.Part D: Find the equation for the line or curve of best fit that you drew on the graph in part C. Use this equation to predict the amount of money North Dakota will budget for transportation in 2020. In your report, discuss at least two reasons why this prediction may not turn out to be accurate.