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Destination	Departing Flight Numbers (list all departing flightsegments)	Distance (round to nearest mile)	Amount
Miami	Delta 3899/ Delta 951	993	$328
San Diego	Delta 3899/ Delta 1909	2,321	$609
New York City	Delta 3899/ Delta 2021	555	$508
Chicago	Delta 3899/ Delta 1608	516	$205
Seattle	Delta 3899/Delta 3642	2,568	$491
Salt Lake City	Delta 2899/ Delta 2611	1,831	$475
Boston	Delta 2109/ Delta 665	744	$579
Honolulu	Delta 876/ Delta 1559	4,594	$1,168
Denver	Delta 3899/ Delta 2871	1,350	$415
*Fort Myers	Delta 3899/ Delta 462	974	$395

Plotted on the horizontal axis is distance in miles to differentcities, the vertical axis is price of flight of the flight to thesecities

a. looking at the scatter plot, how is the cost of the tripassociated with the distance of the trip

b. use a straight edge to approximate a line of best fit to thedata

c. on a scale of 0 to 1 estimate how well the line fits thedata. 0= no fit 1= perfect fit. How did we choose the value of 0 or1

d. Find the equation based on your best fitline.  HINT:  To find theestimated equation, pick two points on the line and pluginto    Show your work.   Write yourequation in the form,

e

.Now, let’s calculate the least-squares line basedon your data.  Show yourwork.  You can use the following table to assist you oryou may use Excel if you are more comfortable with the software.Write your equation in the form, .

x	y	x2	xy	y2

Determine the Sample CorrelationCoefficient, .