The following data give the percentage of women working in five companies in the retail and trade industry. The percentage of management jobs held by women in each company is also shown. %Working 68 45 73 55 62 %Management 50 21 65 47 34   Develop the estimated regression equation by computing the values b 0 and b 1. Enter negative values as negative numbers. Round your answer for the intercept to one decimal place, and your answer for the slope to two decimal places. y^ =   +   x

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The following data give the percentage of women working in five companies in the retail and trade industry. The percentage of management jobs held by women in each company is also shown.



%Working 68 45 73 55 62
%Management 50 21 65 47 34

 

Develop the estimated regression equation by computing the values b 0 and b 1.

Enter negative values as negative numbers. Round your answer for the intercept to one decimal place, and your answer for the slope to two decimal places.
y^ =   +   x

 

Predict the percentage of management jobs held by women in a company that has 60% women employees. Round your answer to a whole percentage.
 

 
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