In 2005 a record 51.5% of paper consumed in the US was recycled.  The American Forest and Paper Association states its goal is to have 65% recovery by 2014,  Assuming the growth is linear, find the function, R(t), for the percentage of paper recycled t years since 2000.

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Estimation

A new framework of data analysis where the new statistical methods are used for interpreting the results and analyzing the data is known as estimation in statistics.