INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS (LOOSELEAF)
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Author: Gould
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Chapter 4, Problem 48SE
Distance and Train Ticket Price The following table gives the distance from Boston to each city and the cost of a train ticket from Boston to that city for a certain date.
a. Use technology to produce a
b. Compute
c. Provide an interpretation of the slope of the regression line.
d. Provide an interpretation of the y-intercept of the regression line or explain why it would not be appropriate to do so.
e. Use the regression equation to predict the cost of a train ticket from Boston to Pittsburgh, a distance of 572 miles.
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