A student at a junior college conducted a survey of 20 randomly selected full-ti

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A student at a junior college conducted a survey of 20 randomly selected full-time students to determine the relation between the number of hours of video game playing each week, x, and grade-point average, y. She found that a linear relation exists between the two variables. The least-squares regression line that describes this relation is ModifyingAbove y with caret equals negative 0.0512 x plus 2.9309y=0.0512x+2.9309.

(a) Predict the grade-point average of a student who plays video games 8 hours per week. The predicted grade-point average is ___ (Round to the nearest hundredth as needed.)

(b) Interpret the slope. For each additional hour that a student spends playing video games in a week, the grade-point average will ___.

(c) If appropriate, interpret the y-intercept. A. The average number of video games played in a week by students is 2.93092.9309.

B. The grade-point average of a student who does not play video games is 2.93092.9309.

C. It cannot be interpreted without more information.

(d) A student who plays video games 7 hours per week has a grade-point average of 2.682.68. Is the student's grade-point average above or below average among all students who play video games 7 hours per week? The student's grade-point average is ___ for those who play video games 7 hours per week.

Explanation / Answer

a. Here y=-0.0512x+2.9309

For x=8, y= 2.3405

b. 2.9309

c.    B. The grade-point average of a student who does not play video games is 2.9309 because as x=-1, y=-2.9309

d. below

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