An individual wanted to determine the relation that might exist between speed and miles per gallon...

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An individual wanted to determine the relation that might existbetween speed and miles per gallon of an automobile. Let X be theaverage speed of a car on the highway measured in miles per hourand let Y represent the miles per gallon of the automobile. Thefollowing data is collected:
X
50
55
55
60
60
62
65
65
Y
28
26
25
22
20
20
17
15
   •   In the space below, use technology toconstruct a scatterplot of the bivariate data set.




   •   What is the value for r? Interpret thisvalue, would you say that the correlation is positive or negative?Strong or Weak? How do you know?



   •   From the regression equation givenabove, what value is the slope of the line? Interpret this slope,what does it tell us about the relationship between average speedand miles per gallon?

   •   Predict the miles per gallon of a cartraveling 63 miles per hour.

   •   Predict the average speed of a carwhose fuel mileage is 23 miles per gallon.



(f) Find r squared. What does this statistic tell us about betweenaverage speed and miles per gallon?


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am using excel to answer these questionsfirstly I will answer questionbr097148r value always lies between 1 and 1r is between 0 and 1    See Answer
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