Statistics students in Oxnard College sampled 11 textbooks in the Condor bookstore and recorded the number of pages in each textbook and its cost. The data are shown below: Number of Pages (r) Cost(y) 599 71.9 737 80.7 781 97.1 572 71.2 771 91.1 686 90.6 432 58.2 504 56.4 481 63.1 419 52.9 891 102.1 A student calculates a linear model using technology (Statistics Calculator or Computer) 1. (Please show your answers to two decimal places) Use the model to estimate the cost when number of pages is 769. Cost = $ (Use the linear model with yor rounded coefficients and then round your answver to 2 decimal %3! places.)

Statistics students in Oxnard College sampled 11 textbooks in the Condor bookstore and recorded the number of pages in each textbook and its cost. The data are shown below: Number of Pages (r) Cost(y) 599 71.9 737 80.7 781 97.1 572 71.2 771 91.1 686 90.6 432 58.2 504 56.4 481 63.1 419 52.9 891 102.1 A student calculates a linear model using technology (Statistics Calculator or Computer) 1. (Please show your answers to two decimal places) Use the model to estimate the cost when number of pages is 769. Cost = $ (Use the linear model with yor rounded coefficients and then round your answver to 2 decimal %3! places.)

Functions and Change: A Modeling Approach to College Algebra (MindTap Course List)

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337111348

Author:Bruce Crauder, Benny Evans, Alan Noell

Publisher:Bruce Crauder, Benny Evans, Alan Noell

Chapter3: Straight Lines And Linear Functions

Section3.3: Modeling Data With Linear Functions

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