The following data show the size of the U.S. debt per capita (in dollars). This information was constructed from federal government data on public debt (www.publicdebt.treas.gov/opd/opd.htm#history) and (estimated) population data (www.censi.is. gov.popest/archives/).
(a) Determine the line of best fit to the given data.
(b) Predict the debt per capita for the years 2008, 2010, and 2015.
Year Debt per Capita (in $)
1996......................20,070
1997......................20,548
1998......................20,774
1999......................21,182
2000......................20,065
2001......................20,874
2002......................22,274
2003......................24,077
2004......................25,868
2005......................27,430