The U.S. Census Bureau publishes information on the population of the United States in Current Population Reports. The following table gives the resident U.S. population, in millions of persons, for the years 1990-2009. Forecast the U.S. population in the years 2010 and 2011.

a. Obtain a scatterplot for the data.
b. Find and interpret the regression equation.
c. Make the specified forecasts.

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Population Population Year (millions) Year (millions) 1990 250 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 2000 2001 2002 288 2003 282 285 253 257 260 263 266 1997 26 200s 293 1998 1999 296 2006 2007 2008 2009 302 304 307 276 279