g)

x 1,9 1,1 1,5 1,3 0,95 8,25 10,6 6,2 8,1 8,65
y 7 8,45 0,9 0,1 2,45 4,35 2,2 1,4 0,15 2,05
h)
x 81,8 73,1 84 92,2 69,7 56,1 8,8 80,9 68,4 40,4
y 10,6 16,1 3,6 4,6 11,9 18,3 16,6 17,6 17,7 24,1
i)
x 2,8 7,4 2,4 4 11,3 6,9 2,5 1,7 5,4 8,2
y 12,4 13,4 15,3 15,4 16,4 19,2 21,1 19,4 21,3 25
j)
x 5 1,2 8 6 7,4 7,4 6,7 8,7 12,2 14,3
y 4,2 13,7 23,7 33,5 43,8 54,2 63,9 73,9 84,5 93,5
3. Determine the equation of the least squares regression line given each set of data
values below. Round a and b to two decimal places in your nal answer.
a) n = 10;

x = 74;

y = 424;

xy = 4114,51;

(x
2
) = 718,86
b) n = 13; x = 8,45; y = 17,83;

xy = 1879,25;

(x
2
) = 855,45
c) n = 10; x = 5,77; y = 17,03; xy = 133,817;
x
= 3,91
(Hint: multiply the numerator and denominator of the formula for b by
1
n
2
)
4. The table below shows the average maintenance cost in rands of a certain model
of car compared to the age of the car in years.
Age (x) 1 3 5 6 8 9 10
Cost (y) 1000 1500 1600 1800 2000 2400 2600
a) Draw a scatter plot of the data.
b) Complete the table below, lling in the totals of each column in the nal
row:
Age (x) Cost (y) xy x
2
1 1000
3 1500
5 1600
6 1800
8 2000
9 2400
10 2600

= . . .

= . . .

= . . .

= . . .
c) Use your table to determine the equation of the least squares regression
line. Round a and b to two decimal places.
d) Use your equation to estimate what it would cost to maintain this model of
car in its 15
th
year.
e) Use your equation to estimate the age of the car in the year where the
maintenance cost totals over R 3000 for the rst time.
5. Miss Colly has always maintained that there is a relationship between a learners
ability to understand the language of instruction and their marks in Mathemat-
ics. Since she teaches Mathematics through the medium of English, she decides
to compare the Mathematics and English marks of her learners in order to in-
vestigate the relationship between the two marks. Examine her data below and
answer the quesitons on the following page.
English % (x) 28 33 30 45 45 55 55 65 70 76 65 85 90
Mathematics % (y) 35 36 34 45 50 40 60 50 65 85 70 80 90
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