Question

Rob owns a doggy day care, and he wonders if the cold winter weather affects his business. Throughout January, he tracks the daily high temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, x, and the number of dogs at his day care, y. At the end of the month, he calculates the regression line for the data:
y=-0.2x + 43.5
Complete the sentence.
For each degree the daily high temperature rises, the regression line predicts ___ fewer dogs at Rob's doggy day care.

Answer 1

For each degree the daily high temperature rises, the regression line predicts **0.2** fewer dogs at Rob's doggy day care.