Let x  be the weight of a car (in hundreds of pounds), and let y be the miles per gallon (mpg). Suppose a car weighs 3800 pounds. What does the data forecast for the miles per gallon expected? x=   27       44        32      47      23       40      34     52 y=   30       19        24      13      29       17      21     14 State the correlation coefficient and state the regression lin equation.

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Let x  be the weight of a car (in hundreds of pounds), and let y be the miles per gallon (mpg). Suppose a car weighs 3800 pounds. What does the data forecast for the miles per gallon expected?

x=   27       44        32      47      23       40      34     52

y=   30       19        24      13      29       17      21     14

State the correlation coefficient and state the regression lin equation.

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