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A common problem in experimental work is to obtain a mathematical relationship
These vertical distances arc called the residuals of the data points, so the effect of minimizing
The purpose of this exercise is to find the values of m and b that produce the regression line.
(a) To minimize
(b) Let
(c) Assuming that not all the
[Note: We have shown that g has a critical point at these values of m and b. In the next exercise we will show that g has an absolute minimum at this critical point. Accepting this to be so, we have shown that the line
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