Chapter 12: Q. 69 (page 723)
The maximum discount value of the Entertainment庐 card for the 鈥淔ine Dining鈥 section, Edition ten, for various pages is given in Table 12.21.

a. Decide which variable should be the independent variable and which should be the dependent variable.
b. Draw a scatter plot of the ordered pairs.
c. Calculate the least squares line. Put the equation in the form of: \(\hat{y}=a+bx\)
Short Answer
Part a. Independent variable 鈥 page number
Dependent variable 鈥 maximum discount value
Part b.

Part c. \(\hat{y}=17.21-0.014x\)




