Finding and Using a Quadratic RegresSTO Mvuu
A new hospital tracked the number of births during its
first 6 months of operation, as shown in the table.
Month Number of Births
Find a quadratic function that models the data. Round
numerical values to the nearest whole number.
f(x) =
x2 +
137
Use the function to predict the number of births for
month 8. There will be about
births.
110
93
70
3
4
5
6
65
77