THis is a cool question.
1) Use the point slope form to find the equation of the lines between two of the points (choose two points that when a line is drawn between them make a chord on the circle).
2) Use the midpoint of a line equation to find the midpoint of the line, then find the slope of the line that is perpendicular at that point and write an equation for it.
3) Then do the same thing for the other two points that form a chord on the circle.
4) Then set the two equations equal to each other and solve. The point where they meet is the circumcenter.
Answer:
-0.20
Step-by-step explanation:
Given the data:
Age at auction (x) ____price sold (y)
391
51
32
84
47
104
88
43
470
51
Y:
76.9
95.4
86.3
49.3
80
57
47.8
80
70
86.9
General formula for a simple linear regression :
y = ab + c
Where ;
y = predicted variable ; a = slope / gradient
b = predictor / independent variable ; c = intercept
From the result obtained from the calculator :
y = -0.01246X + 74.65552
Correlation Coefficient is used to measure the strength of relationship between linear variables.
The regression Coefficient obtained is - 0.20
This shows that there is a weak negative correlation between the age at auction and the price at which painting is sold. This is because the negative sign means that value of y decreases as x increases or vice versa, however, due to a correlation vale which is closer to 0 than 1 or - 1, we can conclude that the negative relationship between the variables is weak.
The answer is b, as angles ABC is the first half of the angle.
