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The modern Olympic Games are a modified revival of the Greek Olympian Games that came to be largely through the efforts of the French sportsman and educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin. The Games are an international athletic competition that has been held at a different site every four years since their inauguration in 1896, with occasional interruptions in the times of world wars.
The data for the gold medal performances in long jump, high jump, discus throw are given below (in inches). Year is coded to be zero in 1900.
Year Long Jump High Jump Discus Throw
-4 249.75 71.25 1147.5
0 282.875 74.8 1418.9
4 289 71 1546.5
8 294.5 75 1610
12 299.25 76 1780
20 281.5 76.25 1759.25
24 293.125 78 1817.125
28 304.75 76.375 1863
32 300.75 77.625 1948.875
36 317.3125 79.9375 1987.375
48 308 78 2078
52 298 80.32 2166.85
56 308.25 83.25 2218.5
60 319.75 85 2330
64 317.75 85.75 2401.5
68 350.5 88.25 2550.5
72 324.5 87.75 2535
76 328.5 88.5 2657.4
80 336.25 92.75 2624
84 336.25 92.5 2622
88 343.25 93.5 2709.25
92 342.5 92 2563.75
a) Predict the Olympic performance for each event for the Athens 2004 games.
b) Compare each of your predictions to the actual results in the Athens 2004 games. Be sure to appropriately convert units.
Here are the Athens 2004 Olympic Results:
The long jump result in Athens was 338.1883 inches.
The high jump result in Athens was 92.9132 inches.
The discus result in Athens was 2751.5693 inches.
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