Kizspy | Question: 82
(Choose 1 answer)
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A. 5.5 + 0.23x
B. 5.5x + 0.23
C. -5+0.23x
D.-5x0.23
E. None of the other choices is correct
A mail-order firm is interested in estimating the number of order that need to be processed on a given day from the weight of the mail received. A close monitoring of the mail on 4 randomly selected business days produced the results below.
Find the equation of the least squares regression line
y = a + bx relating the number of orders to the weight of the mail.
Mail: x(pounds) 10 12 13 17
Orders: y 8 106 10
