We expect a car's highway gas mileage to be related to its city gas mileage (in miles per gallon, mpg). Data for all 12591259 vehicles in the government's 2019 Fuel Economy Guide give the regression line   highway mpg=8.720+(0.914×city mpg)highway mpg=8.720+(0.914×city mpg)   for predicting highway mileage from city mileage. (c) Find the predicted highway mileage, ?̂ ,�^, for a car that gets 1212 mpg in the city. Give your answer to three decimal places. ?̂ =�^=   mpg Find the predicted highway mileage, ?̂ ,�^, for a car that gets 2222 mpg in the city. Give your answer to three decimal places. ?̂ =�^=   mpg

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We expect a car's highway gas mileage to be related to its city gas mileage (in miles per gallon, mpg). Data for all 12591259 vehicles in the government's 2019 Fuel Economy Guide give the regression line

 

highway mpg=8.720+(0.914×city mpg)highway mpg=8.720+(0.914×city mpg)

 

for predicting highway mileage from city mileage.

(c) Find the predicted highway mileage, ?̂ ,�^, for a car that gets 1212 mpg in the city. Give your answer to three decimal places.

?̂ =�^=
 
mpg

Find the predicted highway mileage, ?̂ ,�^, for a car that gets 2222 mpg in the city. Give your answer to three decimal places.

?̂ =�^=
 
mpg
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n  =1259 vehicles

highway mpg=8.720+(0.914×city mpg)

let dependent variable highway mpg = y

independent variable city mpg = x

y^ = 8.720+0.914x

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