Over the years a farmer has collected data on the average volume of the oranges in his crop in cubic inches based on the number of sunny days and 120 day growing session. The equation of the line of best fit is volume equals 3+0.08 number of sunny days. Find and interpret the residual for an average orange volume of 8 cubic inches in a season with 45 sunny days

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Over the years a farmer has collected data on the average volume of the oranges in his crop in cubic inches based on the number of sunny days and 120 day growing session. The equation of the line of best fit is volume equals 3+0.08 number of sunny days. Find and interpret the residual for an average orange volume of 8 cubic inches in a season with 45 sunny days

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