=====Mathematics 341 - Spring 2013=====

====Homework====

**Chapter 6**

Exercises: 6.16, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.27, 6.30

Also: The highest salary for a major league baseball player is given, by year, in the following table:

^  Year  ^  Highest Salary  ^
|  1985  |  2130300|
|  1986  |  2800000|
|  1987  |  2127333|
|  1988  |  2340000|
|  1989  |  2766667|
|  1990  |  3200000|
|  1991  |  3800000|
|  1992  |  6100000|
|  1993  |  6200000|
|  1994  |  6300000|
|  1995  |  9237500|
|  1996  |  9237500|
|  1997  |  10000000|
|  1998  |  14936667|
|  1999  |  11949794|
|  2000  |  15714286|
|  2001  |  22000000|
|  2002  |  22000000|
|  2003  |  22000000|
|  2004  |  22500000|
|  2005  |  26000000|
|  2006  |  21680727|
|  2007  |  23428571|
|  2008  |  28000000|
|  2009  |  33000000|
|  2010  |  33000000|

Fit a model of the form $y = ax^b$ to this data, where $y$ is the highest salary and $x$ is the number of years since 1980. Make a scatterplot with a plot of the fitted function.