An engineer wanted to determine how the weight of a car affects gas mileage. The following date represent the weights of various cars and their gas mileages. Complete a-d.   Car          Weight (pounds)                       Miles per Gallon A                2690                                        26 B                3580                                        19 C                 2655                                       26 D                3340                                         21 E                  3590                                       18   (a) Determine which variable is the eplanatory variable and which is the response variable.               0 The explanatory variable is the weight and the response variable                   is  the miles per gallon.             0    The explanatory variable is the miles per gallon and the                                  response variable is the weight. (b) Draw a scatter diagram of the data .  (c) Compute the linear correlation coefficient between the weight of a car and its miles per gallon.    r=

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An engineer wanted to determine how the weight of a car affects gas mileage. The following date represent the weights of various cars and their gas mileages. Complete a-d.

 

Car          Weight (pounds)                       Miles per Gallon

A                2690                                        26

B                3580                                        19

C                 2655                                       26

D                3340                                         21

E                  3590                                       18

 

(a) Determine which variable is the eplanatory variable and which is the response variable.

              0 The explanatory variable is the weight and the response variable                   is  the miles per gallon.

            0    The explanatory variable is the miles per gallon and the                                  response variable is the weight.

(b) Draw a scatter diagram of the data . 

(c) Compute the linear correlation coefficient between the weight of a car and its miles per gallon.

   r=  

 

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