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KiRa [710]
3 years ago
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Some types of algae have the potential to cause damage to river ecosystems. Suppose the accompanying data on algae colony densit

y (y) and rock surface area (x) for nine rivers is a subset of data that appeared in a scatterplot in a research paper in a scientific journal. x 50 55 50 79 44 37 70 45 49 y 152 53 22 35 38 166 13 185 25 (a) Compute the equation of the least-squares regression line. (Round your numerical values to five decimal places.)
Mathematics
1 answer:
Alex Ar [27]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

y=-2.86 x +228.84

Step-by-step explanation:

We assume that the data is this one:

x: 50, 55, 50, 79, 44, 37, 70, 45, 49

y: 152, 53, 22, 35, 38, 166, 13, 185, 25

Find the least-squares line appropriate for this data.  

For this case we need to calculate the slope with the following formula:

m=\frac{S_{xy}}{S_{xx}}

Where:

S_{xy}=\sum_{i=1}^n x_i y_i -\frac{(\sum_{i=1}^n x_i)(\sum_{i=1}^n y_i)}{n}

S_{xx}=\sum_{i=1}^n x^2_i -\frac{(\sum_{i=1}^n x_i)^2}{n}

So we can find the sums like this:

\sum_{i=1}^n x_i = 50+ 55+ 50+ 79+ 44+ 37 +70+ 45+ 49=479

\sum_{i=1}^n y_i =152 + 53 + 22 + 35 + 38 + 166 + 13 + 185 + 25=689

\sum_{i=1}^n x^2_i =50^2 + 55^2 + 50^2 + 79^2 + 44^2 + 37^2 + 70^2 + 45^2 + 49^2=26897

\sum_{i=1}^n y^2_i =152^2 + 53^2 + 22^2 + 35^2 + 38^2 + 166^2 + 13^2 + 185^2 + 25^2=91641

\sum_{i=1}^n x_i y_i =50*152+ 55*53+ 50*22+ 79*35+ 44*38+ 37*166 +70*13+ 45*185+ 49*25=32654

With these we can find the sums:

S_{xx}=\sum_{i=1}^n x^2_i -\frac{(\sum_{i=1}^n x_i)^2}{n}=26897-\frac{479^2}{9}=1403.56

S_{xy}=\sum_{i=1}^n x_i y_i -\frac{(\sum_{i=1}^n x_i)(\sum_{i=1}^n y_i)}{n}=32654-\frac{479*689}{9}=-4016.11

And the slope would be:

m=-\frac{4016.11}{1403.56}=-2.86

Nowe we can find the means for x and y like this:

\bar x= \frac{\sum x_i}{n}=\frac{479}{9}=53.22

\bar y= \frac{\sum y_i}{n}=\frac{689}{9}=76.56

And we can find the intercept using this:

b=\bar y -m \bar x=76.56-(-2.86*53.22)=228.84

So the line would be given by:

y=-2.86 x +228.84

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