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HW 1.3 Linear Regression & Correlation Date________________ Period____

Construct a scatter plot. State if there appears to be a positive correlation, negative correlation,
or no correlation.
1) X Y X Y X Y 2) X Y X Y X Y
40 5 320 4 570 12 2 0.5 7 0.4 75 0.2
50 8 380 4 700 5 2 0.5 18 0.4 88 0.1
90 5 390 3 800 5 3 0.5 69 0.2 97 0.1
300 3 6 0.5

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6 0.5
5 0.4
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1 0.1

100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

3) X Y X Y 4) X Y X Y
40 900 500 600 50 600 810 1,422,500
40 900 560 500 320 8,100 820 1,617,300
130 800 860 300 560 104,500 840 2,055,300
210 700 970 200 630 226,800 900 3,857,500
370 600 1,000 200 760 826,100 990 9,395,800

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5) With the help of scientists, farmers in the The crop yield can be described by the
Philippines have been able to produce more equation y = 48.7x - 94800 where x is the
and more grain per hectare each year. Here year and y is the grain yield in kilograms
are the crop yields for several years: per hectare (kg/ha).
Year Yield (kg/hectare)
3000
1961 830

Yield (kg/hectare)
1975 1,260 2500

1989 2,520 2000

1992 2,200 1500

1999 2,490 1000
2005 2,940
1960 1980 2000

Year

a) According to the model, what was the crop yield in 1969? Round your answer to the nearest
whole number.

b) Assuming that this trend continues, what crop yield is predicted for the year 2029 by the
model? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

6) The cost of a flight is related to the distance This can be modeled by the equation
traveled: y = 0.0965x + 17.2 where x is distance in
miles and y is cost in dollars.
Miles Cost ($)
225 38.5
525 76.1 200
1,100 119
Cost ($)

150
1,375 142
1,950 200 100

2,250 244 50

500 1000 1500 2000

Distance (miles)

a) Using this model, what would be the cost of a flight that travels 800 miles? Round your
answer to the nearest dollar.

b) According to the model, how much would a 3000-mile flight cost? Round your answer to the
nearest dollar.

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7) The number of marriage licenses issued by This can be modeled by the equation
Clark County Nevada, the county where y = -2995.7x + 6131300 where x is the
Las Vegas is located, has been decreasing year and y is the number of marriage
since the year 2000: licenses issued.
Year Marriage Licenses 140000
2001 136,000

Marriage Licenses
130000
2005 126,000
120000
2007 117,000
2009 115,000 110000

2011 110,000 100000

2013 97,700
2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Year

a) According to the model, how many marriage licenses were issued in 2006? Round your
answer to the nearest hundred.

b) Using this model, how many marriages licenses would you expect to be issued in 2017?
Round your answer to the nearest hundred.

8) By examining past tournaments, it's Each school's rank going into the
possible to calculate the probability that a tournament is a strong indicator of their
school wins their first game in the national likelihood of winning their first game. This
college basketball tournament. can be expressed as y = -6.83x + 108
where x is their rank (out of 16) and y is
Rank Probability (%)
the percent chance they have of winning
2 94
their first game.
3 87
Prob. of Winning 1st Game

4 83
7 61 80

9 45 60
11 34
40

20

2 4 6 8 10

Rank

a) According to the model, a school ranked #8 has what probability of winning their first game?
Round your answer to the nearest percent.

b) Using this model, a school ranked #14 has what probability of winning their first game?
Round your answer to the nearest percent.

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