Name:
linear regression practice
1. emma recently purchased a new car. she decided to keep track of how many gallons of gas
she used on five of her business trips. the results are shown in the table below.
number of
miles driven
gallons used
150
200
10
400
19
600
1000
51
29
a. write the linear regression equation for these data where miles driven is the
independent variable. (round all values to the nearest hundredth.)
b. when emma drove 750 miles, predict how many gallons of gas she used.