You and your business partner track the number of customers served and the number of tips collected per day. The data you gather

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You and your business partner track the number of customers served and the number of tips collected per day. The data you gather

ed is displayed in the chart below. Servers’ Collected Tips Customers 54 46 34 67 52 22 49 64 55 80 38 42 Tips ($) $92 $80 $76 $121 $109 $43 $87 $114 $99 $174 $88 $91
a) Create a scatterplot displaying the data in the table. Be sure to include a linear trend line. (2 points)

b) Find the equation of the trend line (line of best fit). Show your work.

c) Predict the number of tips that would be collected if 100 customers were served at the restaurant on a given day. Explain your reasoning.

d) Explain how to use the regression calculator to make a reasonable prediction given a data table.

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