Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-32187-896-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-32187-896-0

Chapter 1: Functions - Section 1.4 - Graphing with Software - Exercises 1.4 - Page 35: 37

Answer

(a) See graph. (b) $y = 3.0625x - 56.213$ (c) Yes, $185.7$ lb.

Work Step by Step

(a) We can put the data in a scatterplot as shown in the figure. (b) The regression line can be found as $y = 3.0625x - 56.213$ as shown in the figure together with the data. (c) Yes, it looks like the regression line reasonably capture the trend of the data. With a male of height $6'7"=6\times12+7=79$ in, we have $y = 3.0625\times79- 56.213\approx185.7$ lb.
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