Jerilyn Ross, a New York City psychologist, specializes in treating patients who are phobic and afraid to leave their homes. The following table indicates how many patients Dr. Ross has seen each year for the past ten years. It also indicates what the robbery rate was in New York City during the same year.
YEAR
NUMBER OF PATIENTS
CRIME RATE
(ROBBERIES PER 1,000 POPULATION)
1
36
58.3
2
33
61.6
3
40
73.4
4
41
75.7
5
81.1
6
55
89.0
7
60
101.1
8
54
94.8
9
58
103.3
10
61
116.2
If the robbery rate increases to 131.2 in year 11, how many phobic patients will Dr. Ross treat? If the crime rate drops to 90.6, what is the patient projection?
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