Chapter 17, Problem 14P

It is known that the data tabulated below can be modeled by the following equation

$y={\left(\frac{a+\sqrt{x}}{b\sqrt{x}}\right)}^2$

Use a transformation to linearize this equation and then employ linear regression to determine the parameters a andb. Based on your analysis predict y at $x=1.6$.

x	0.5	1	2	3	4
y	10.4	5.8	3.3	2.4	2