Question

A regression analysis of 117 homes for sale produced the following​ model, where price is in thousands of dollars and size is in square feet. ModifyingAbove Price with caretequals47.82plus0.064​(Size) ​a) Explain what the slope of the line says about housing prices and house size. ​b) What price would you predict for a 2500​-square-foot house in this​ market? ​c) A real estate agent shows a potential buyer a 1100​-square-foot ​house, saying that the asking price is ​$5500 less than what one would expect to pay for a house of this size. What is the asking​ price, and what is the ​$5500 ​called?

Answer 1

Answer:

a) Price is linearly dependent on size of home

b) asking price= $110,570

$5500 is spread

Explanation:

Price = 47.87+0.062(size)

a) the equation follows y=mx+c or linear equation model

b) asking price is the offer price or the price the seller says he/she will accept for his/her property

Price= 47.87 +0.062(1100)

Price= 116.07 × 1000

Asking price= 116070-5500

                    = $110,570

5500 is the spread between asking prcce and bid price. It tells about the market maker's or agent's profit.