) How much of the variation in the prices of the bicycles in the sample does the regression model you estimated in part (b) explain?

c

-by-step explanation:

it would be c

5

step-by-step explanation:

let's call the solutions x₁ = (5 - 2√7)/3 and x₂ = (5 + 2√7)/3

then the equation is (x-x₁)(x-x₂) = 0

if you fill that in you get a lot of numbers which you can recognize as ax²+bx+c=0.

step-by-step explanation:

you can see that a=1 (there is just an x²)

b = (-5 -2√7 + 2√7 - 5)/3 = -10/3

c = -2√7)/3 ) * (-5+2√7)/3) = -1/3

so your answer is 3x^2 – 10x – 1 = 0

10 - 8 = -2

  8 - 6 = -2

etc, so -2 is the common difference

step-by-step explanation: