Which equation of the least squares regression line most closely matches the data set?

yˆ=−2.2x+13.8
yˆ=0.17x−13.2
yˆ=5.5x+52
yˆ=3.5x−6921.2

x y
2 65
4 74
6 81
8 96
10 109

hi there!

first we need to find out how much they are adding to each number to make the next number.

ex: 4 + 4 = 8, 8 + 8 = 16, and so on.

so continuing with 32,

32 + 32 = 64

64 + 64 = 128

128 + 128 = 256

256 + 256 = 512

4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512

the 8th term of the sequence will be 512

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