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The Average Lengths L of Cellular Phone Calls in Minutes

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The average lengths L of cellular phone calls in minutes from 1999 to 2004 are shown in the table below.
 Year 199920002001200220032004 Average length, L  (In minutes)  2.382.562.742.732.873.05\begin{array}{l}\begin{array}{|l}\hline \\\text { Year }\\\hline 1999 \\2000 \\2001 \\2002 \\2003 \\2004\\\hline \end{array}\begin{array}{|c|}\hline \text { Average length, L } \\\text { (In minutes) }\\\hline 2.38 \\2.56 \\2.74 \\2.73 \\2.87 \\3.05\\\hline \end{array}\end{array}

Use the regression feature of a graphing utility to find a linear model for the data. Let tt represent the year, with t=9t = 9 corresponding to 1999 . Use the model to predict the average lengths of cellular phone calls for the year 2015 . Round your answer to two decimal places.


A) 4.374.37 minutes
B) 8.748.74 minutes
C) 5.375.37 minutes
D) 3.373.37 minutes
E) 2.192.19 minutes

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