Question

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age weight line of best fit residual
y^=5.5x +16
8 61 ? 1

























Question
Use the table to answer the question.



What is the value for y
given the table?

(1 point)
Responses

59
59

60
60

68
68

70
70
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Answers

GPT-4o mini
To find the value of \( y \) given the linear equation \( \hat{y} = 5.5x + 16 \) and the provided age \( x \) of 8, we need to calculate \( \hat{y} \) using the formula.

Substituting \( x = 8 \) into the equation:

\[
\hat{y} = 5.5(8) + 16
\]

Calculating \( 5.5 \times 8 \):

\[
5.5 \times 8 = 44
\]

Now, adding 16:

\[
\hat{y} = 44 + 16 = 60
\]

Now we confirm that the calculated value of \( \hat{y} \) is indeed \( 60 \). Since the residual is given as \( 1 \), it indicates that the actual \( y \) value is \( \hat{y} + \text{residual} \).

So:

\[
y = \hat{y} + 1 = 60 + 1 = 61
\]

However, the question asks for the value of \( \hat{y} \), which is \( 60 \).

The correct response is:

**60**