The table lists the number of americans over 100 years old for selected years.

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a) use the regression capability of your calculator to fit the data to a quadratic function where x is the number of years since 1960 and y is the number of Americans over 100 years old (in thousands). Round two places if necessary. B) What is the correlation R2 ? C) Use your quadratic model to estimate the number of Americans over 100 years old in 2010?