a snow plower recorded inches of snow fall and the yield by measure of square acreage over the previous 5 seasons. The regression equation is determined to be y=38.4+6.3x where x represents the inches of snowfall and y the measure of yield.  1. use the best fitting line to predict yield for 6 inches of snow 2. one of the records is (6,75) what is teh residual if x is 6

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a snow plower recorded inches of snow fall and the yield by measure of square acreage over the previous 5 seasons. The regression equation is determined to be y=38.4+6.3x where x represents the inches of snowfall and y the measure of yield. 

1. use the best fitting line to predict yield for 6 inches of snow

2. one of the records is (6,75) what is teh residual if x is 6

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