In water-resources engineering, the sizing of reservoirs depends on accurate estimates of water flow in the river that is being impounded. For some rivers, long term historical records of such flow data are difficult to obtain. In contrast, meteorological data on precipitation are often available for many years past. Therefore, it is often useful to determine a relationship between flow and precipitation. This relationship can then be used to estimate flows for years when only precipitation measurements are made. The following data are available for a river that is to be dammed: Precip (cm/yr) 89.0 108.2 104.1 139.7 |127.0 94.0 116.8 99.1 Flow (m^3/s) 14.1 17.0 15.3 23.2 19.5 16.1 18.1 16.6 1) What is the least-squares regression line for the given data? Plot the linear regression curve along with the given data. 2) Using the best-fit line, what is the prediction of the annual water flow if the precipitation is 122 cm? Choices 27.175 19.411 18.44 21.352

In water-resources engineering, the sizing of reservoirs depends on accurate estimates of water flow in the river that is being impounded. For some rivers, long term historical records of such flow data are difficult to obtain. In contrast, meteorological data on precipitation are often available for many years past. Therefore, it is often useful to determine a relationship between flow and precipitation. This relationship can then be used to estimate flows for years when only precipitation measurements are made. The following data are available for a river that is to be dammed: Precip (cm/yr) 89.0 108.2 104.1 139.7 |127.0 94.0 116.8 99.1 Flow (m^3/s) 14.1 17.0 15.3 23.2 19.5 16.1 18.1 16.6 1) What is the least-squares regression line for the given data? Plot the linear regression curve along with the given data. 2) Using the best-fit line, what is the prediction of the annual water flow if the precipitation is 122 cm? Choices 27.175 19.411 18.44 21.352

College Algebra

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ISBN:9781305115545

Author:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Publisher:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Chapter1: Equations And Graphs

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Problem 10T: Olympic Pole Vault The graph in Figure 7 indicates that in recent years the winning Olympic men’s...

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