The number of VHS movie rentals has declined since the year 2000 due to the popularity of DVDs, as the following table shows. The exponential regression equation was found to be
y = 9.79(0.8213)" where x represents the number of years since 2000. Use the regression equation to predict the number
of VHS movie rentals in 2011.
Year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
(2005 2006
VHS Rentals (in millions) (10.5 17.9
15.3 4.2
3.1
16.2
3.8
C.
a. 0
b. 0.11
88.45
d. 1.12