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Tulips in the Snow!

"Usually our tulips don't come up until the snow is gone, but clearly, not this year. This was taken today, April 16, 2010," wrote gardener Pam Randles from Haines, Alaska.

• Haines High School has planted a Journey North tulip garden for 7 years. Here are the dates their tulips emerged and bloomed.

• Study the data and calculate the average emerge date, the average bloom date, and then predict when their tulips will bloom this year.
  

  Date	1999	2000	2002	2003	2005	2009	2010
  Emerged	03/25	03/06	04/14	04/14	03/11	04/20	04/16
  Bloomed	05/08	?	05/21	?	04/19	05/08	Predictions?