Statistics students in Oxnard College sampled 10 textbooks in the Condor bookstore and recorded the number of pages in each textbook and its cost. The bivariate data are shown below: Number of Pages (x) | Cost(y) 430 56.6 392 50.04 944 129.28 721 92.52 355 42.6 327 50.24 623 81.76 877 106.24 260 50.2 862 122.44 A student calculates a linear model y = x + . (Please show your answers to two decimal places) Use the model to estimate the cost when number of pages is 538. Cost = $ (Please show your answer to 2 decimal places.)

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Statistics students in Oxnard College sampled 10 textbooks in the Condor bookstore and recorded the number of
pages in each textbook and its cost. The bivariate data are shown below:
Number of Pages (x) Cost(y)
430
56.6
392
50.04
944
129.28
721
92.52
355
42.6
327
50.24
623
81.76
877
106.24
260
50.2
862
122.44
A student calculates a linear model
y =
x +
- (Please show your answers to two decimal places)
Use the model to estimate the cost when number of pages is 538.
Cost = $
(Please show your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Transcribed Image Text:Statistics students in Oxnard College sampled 10 textbooks in the Condor bookstore and recorded the number of pages in each textbook and its cost. The bivariate data are shown below: Number of Pages (x) Cost(y) 430 56.6 392 50.04 944 129.28 721 92.52 355 42.6 327 50.24 623 81.76 877 106.24 260 50.2 862 122.44 A student calculates a linear model y = x + - (Please show your answers to two decimal places) Use the model to estimate the cost when number of pages is 538. Cost = $ (Please show your answer to 2 decimal places.)
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