The table below shows the median weekly earnings of a certain population of workers. If this trend continues, predict the median weekly earnings in 2015. For this exercise, find a linear and a quadratic regression equation and use both to predict the earnings in 2015. Let x be the number of years since the year 2000 and y be the weekly earnings in dollars. Year,Weekly Earnings (in dollars),,,
2002,565,,,
2004,584,,,
2006,611,,,
2008,621,,,
2010,614,,,