Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 1 - Review - Fitting Lines to Data - Problems - Page 144: 3

Answer

$(a)$ See the image below. $(b)$ $y = 6.45102x - 0.15228$ Where $y$ is age of the tree and $x$ is a diameter. $(c)$ $116$ years

Work Step by Step

$(a)$ See the image above. $(b)$ We can simply input the data into the regression line calculator and find the function: $y = 6.45102x - 0.15228$ Where $y$ is age of the tree and $x$ is diameter. $(c)$ If $x=18$ $y= 6.45102\times18 - 0.15228\approx 116$
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