Dmitri wants to look at the relationship between room temperature and the etching rate each time he has etched a circuit board with cupric chloride. The data show a linear pattern with the summary statistics shown below: meanstandard deviation
x
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x=x, equals room temperature (degrees Celsius)
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20.9
x
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=20.9x, with, \bar, on top, equals, 20, point, 9
s
x
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3
s
x
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=3s, start subscript, x, end subscript, equals, 3
y
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y=y, equals etching rate (micrometers per minute)
y
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6.6
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=6.6y, with, \bar, on top, equals, 6, point, 6
s
y
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0.7
s
y
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=0.7s, start subscript, y, end subscript, equals, 0, point, 7
r
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0.99
r=0.99r, equals, 0, point, 99
Find the equation of the least-squares regression line for predicting the etching rate from the room temperature.
Round your entries to the nearest hundredth.
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y
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=y, with, hat, on top, equals
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x