Answered: 1900–1950 (10-yr intervals): 21.9,…

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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Marriage age 2010 revisited Suppose you wanted to
predict the trend in marriage age for American women
into the early part of this century.
a) How could you use the data graphed in Exercise 1 to
get a good prediction? Marriage ages in selected years
starting in 1900 are listed below. Use all or part of

these data to create an appropriate model for predict-
ing the average age at which women will first marry

in 2020.b) How much faith do you place in this prediction?
Explain.
c) Do you think your model would produce an accurate
prediction about your grandchildren, say, 50 years
from now? Explain.

1900–1950 (10-yr intervals): 21.9, 21.6, 21.2, 21.3, 21.5, 20.3
1955-2010 (5-yr intervals): 20.3, 20.3, 20.6, 20.8, 21.1, 22.0,
23.3, 23.9, 24.5, 25.1, 25.3, 26.1

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