Step-by-step explanation:
Regression analysis is used to infer about the relationship between two or more variables.
The line of best fit is a straight line representing the regression equation on a scatter plot. The may pass through either some point or all points or none of the points.
<u>Method 1:</u>
Using regression analysis the line of best fit is: 
Here <em>α </em>= intercept, <em>β</em> = slope and <em>e</em> = error.
The formula to compute the intercept is:

Here<em> </em>
and
are mean of the <em>y</em> and <em>x</em> values respectively.

The formula to compute the slope is:

And the formula to compute the error is:

<u>Method 2:</u>
The regression line can be determined using the descriptive statistics mean, standard deviation and correlation.
The equation of the line of best fit is:

Here <em>r</em> = correlation coefficient = 
and
are standard deviation of <em>x</em> and <em>y</em> respectively.

I used the quadratic formula and got x= 4, -6
Answer:
38.4 pages
Step-by-step explanation:
5/4 = 1.25
Rate = pages / Time
Time = 1.25 hours
Pages = 48
Rate = 48/1.25
Rate = 38.4
It looks like you're doing good with breaking-down the composite into digestible pieces. So, don't stress too much!
Keep in mind that the area for a 3D shape is Bh, where "B" is the area of a face & "h" is the height.
#5
Shape A is 3X4X9.
First, calculate the area of a face:
9X4= 36
Multiply by height:
36X3= 108
The process is the same with shape B.
3X4X8
Calculate area of face:
8X4= 32
Multiply by height:
32X3= 96
Now you add both areas:
108+96= 204 cubic feet
I think you're doing pretty good, just don't over think things too much. Try #8 with the similar process seen here. Just comment if you get stuck.
Hope this helps!