Is the number of games won by a major league baseball team in a season related...

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Is the number of games won by a major league baseball team in aseason related to the team batting average? The table below showsthe number of games won and the batting average (in thousandths) of8 teams.

TeamGames WonBatting Average
17272266266
29494272272
3113113283283
48888273273
56565269269
69191274274
77474270270
88080260260


Using games won as the explanatory variable xx, do thefollowing:

(a) The correlation coefficient is r=.

(b) The equation of the least squares line is y^=

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