PLEASSSE HELP ME I'VE BEEN STUCK FOR HOURS, (PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY GOING TO ANSWER PLEASE) 1. The table shows the minimum wage rates for the United States during different years.

Year 1978 1979 1980 1990 1991 1996 1997 2007 2008 2009
Minimum hourly wage ($) 2.65 2.90 3.35 3.80 4.25 4.75 5.15 5.85 6.55 7.25

(a) Write the least squares regression equation that models the data. Let x = time in years since 1900 and let y = minimum hourly wage.
(b) Use the equation to estimate the minimum hourly wage of a U. S. worker in 2025. Show your work.

answer:

payment just for service  

→

$

87.12

payment for service including tax

→

$

94.09

explanation:

service only with 20% tip  

→

$

72.6

(

1

+

20

100

)

=

$

87.12

in the opening of the question the word 'service' is associated only with the pretax value.

the closing part of the question asks: how much did she pay for the  

service

−−−−−−  

so technically the answer is  

→

$

72.6

(

1

+

20

100

)

=

$

87.12

however, the intention of the question provider may have been that your answer is to be  

$

87.12

(

1

+

8

100

)

=

$

94.09

to 2 decimal places.

'

payment just for service  

→

$

87.12

payment for service including tax

→

$

94.09

tony b

mar 21, 2017

answer:

trying to explain it another way

explanation:

service charge  

.

→

$

72.60

20% tip  

20

100

×

$

72.60

=

$

14.52

−−−−−−  

←

add

$

87.12

tax  

8

100

×

$

87.12

=

$

6.97

−−−−−  

←

add

$

94.09

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