The amount of money that a movie makes in ticket sales is called its box office gross. The box dollars, of a particular movie each week is shown in the table. The amounts have been rounded to the nearest hundred
thousand
Week
Box Office Gross ($ millions)
1
1.2
3
6.8
5
10.2
6
10.7
7
10.3
9
6.3
An executive for the movie production company wants to create a function that models this data.
• Create a function that can be used to model the data shown in the table. Be sure to define the variables and provide
justification for your choice of function.
Discuss any possible domain restrictions which should be placed on your model.
Use your model to estimate the box office gross the company should expect in week 10.