Question

The equation y = 19.43x +609.077 is the equation of the regression line that predicts the number of people attending a county fair, where x is the number of years after 2000.
According to the equation, about how many people would be expected to attend the fair in 2026?

Round the answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

Answer:

1,114 people

Step-by-step explanation:

The equation $y=19.43x+609.077$ is the equation of the regression line that predicts the number of people attending a county fair, where x is the number of years after 2000.

To find the number of people that are expected to attend the fair in 2026, we determine how many years have passed and substitute into the equation.

From 2000 to 2026,

$2026-2000=26yrs$

have passed.

The expected number who will attend the fair in 2026 is

$y=19.43*26+609.077$

$y=1114.26$

To the nearest whole number 1,114 people will attend in 2026