(Solved): The following table shows retail sales in drug stores in billions of dollars in the U.S. for yea ...

The following table shows retail sales in drug stores in billions of dollars in the U.S. for years since 1995. Year Retail Sales 0 85.851 3 108.426 6 141.781 9 169.256 12 202.297 15 222.266 Let S ( t ) be the retails sales in billions of dollars in t years since 1995. A linear model for the data is F ( t ) = 9.44 t + 84.182 .

The following table shows retail sales in drug stores in billions of dollars in the U.S. for years since 1995. Let $$S(t)$$ be the retails sales in billions of dollars in t years since 1995. A linear model for the data is $$F(t)=9.44t+84.182$$ Estimate the retails sales in the U. S. in 2015. billions of dollars. Use the model to predict the year in which retails sales will be $$\$244$$ billion.