Find a re expression to create an appropriate model

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Years to live 2003

Insurance companies and other organizations use actuarial tables to estimate the remaining life-spans of their customers. On the next page are the estimated additional years of life for black males in the United States, according to a 2003 National Vital Statistics Report. (www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm)

Age	Years left
10	60.3
20	50.7
30	41.8
40	32.9
50	24.8
60	17.9
70	12.1
80	7.9
90	5.0
100	3.0

a) Find a re-expression to create an appropriate model.

b) Predict the lifespan of an 18-year-old black man.

c) Are you satisfied that your model has accounted for the relationship between Years Left and Age? Explain.

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