[5.56/11.12 Points] DETAILS MY NOTES LARCALC12 13.9.505.XP. PREVIOUS ANSWERS ASK YOUR TEACHER PRACTICE ANOTHER An agronomist used four test plots to determine the relationship between the wheat yield y (in bushels per acre) and the amount of fertilizer x (in hundreds of pounds per acre). The results are shown in the table. Fertilizer, x 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 Yield, y 29 36 43 50 (a) Use the regression capabilities of a graphing utility or a spreadsheet to find the least squares regression line for the data. y=15+14x (b) Estimate the yield (in bushels per acre) for a fertilizer application of 190 pounds per acre. (Round your answer to one decimal place.) bushels per acre

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LARCALC12 13.9.505.XP.
PREVIOUS ANSWERS
ASK YOUR TEACHER
PRACTICE ANOTHER
An agronomist used four test plots to determine the relationship between the wheat yield y (in bushels per acre) and the amount of fertilizer x (in hundreds of pounds per
acre). The results are shown in the table.
Fertilizer, x 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5
Yield, y
29
36 43 50
(a) Use the regression capabilities of a graphing utility or a spreadsheet to find the least squares regression line for the data.
y=15+14x
(b) Estimate the yield (in bushels per acre) for a fertilizer application of 190 pounds per acre. (Round your answer to one decimal place.)
bushels per acre
Transcribed Image Text:[5.56/11.12 Points] DETAILS MY NOTES LARCALC12 13.9.505.XP. PREVIOUS ANSWERS ASK YOUR TEACHER PRACTICE ANOTHER An agronomist used four test plots to determine the relationship between the wheat yield y (in bushels per acre) and the amount of fertilizer x (in hundreds of pounds per acre). The results are shown in the table. Fertilizer, x 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 Yield, y 29 36 43 50 (a) Use the regression capabilities of a graphing utility or a spreadsheet to find the least squares regression line for the data. y=15+14x (b) Estimate the yield (in bushels per acre) for a fertilizer application of 190 pounds per acre. (Round your answer to one decimal place.) bushels per acre
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