Question

PLEASE HELP!!

Ryan works at an apple orchard. He records the weights of ten bags of apples, in ounces, and the number of apples in each bag, as seen in the table below. Number of Apples Weight of the Bag (ounces) 9, 33.5 12, 39.8 12, 42.3 13, 45.1 15, 46.6 17, 51.5 19, 49.2 21, 53.8 21, 51.9 25, 63.4 What is the linear equation that best models the data above?

Answer 1

We can use excel regression data analysis tool to find the equation of the regression line that best fits the data.

The excel output is attached here.

Therefore, the equation of the linear regression is:

`\hat{y}=21.9028+1.5736x`

Where:

21.9028 is the intercept and 1.5736 is the slope.