Based on a sample of size 6, if the mean weight of 60-year old individuals at the time of survey was 200 lbs and the mean number of years they lived after the survey was 7.3 years and if the corresponding standard deviations were 35.8 lbs and 3.3 years and the correlation based on these six pairs is -0.82, what would be slope and intercept for the line of best fit?   A. Slope = 22.4, intercept = -0.08   B. Slope = -0.08, Intercept = 22.4   C. Slope = 22.4, intercept = 0.08   D. Slope = 0.08, Intercept = 22.4

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1. Based on a sample of size 6, if the mean weight of 60-year old individuals at the time of survey was 200 lbs and the mean number of years they lived after the survey was 7.3 years and if the corresponding standard deviations were 35.8 lbs and 3.3 years and the correlation based on these six pairs is -0.82, what would be slope and intercept for the line of best fit?
 
A. Slope = 22.4, intercept = -0.08
 
B. Slope = -0.08, Intercept = 22.4
 
C. Slope = 22.4, intercept = 0.08
 
D. Slope = 0.08, Intercept = 22.4
 
2. What would be the line of best fit in question 1?
 
A. y = 22.4 - 0.08x
 
B. y = 22.4 + 0.08x
 
C. y = -22.4 + 0.08x
 
D. y = -22.4 - 0.08x
 
3. Based on your line of best fit in question 2, if a person weighs 190 lbs, how many more years you would expect him to be alive?
 
A. 2 years
 
B. 4 years
 
C. 8 years
 
D. 12 years
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