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Okay sy mass from uppers The equation Why equals point

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seven eight x plus one point five one models that

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data shown in a scatter plot below what's the residual

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of the circled point Well the residual is the vertical

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distance between an actual data point and the y value

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predicted by the linear regression equation at the same x

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value More simply said it's how far a point on

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the scatter plot is directly above or below the linear

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regression line Well the point we care about has a

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coordinate of four seven If we're going to find the

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residual we need to know what the linear regression equation

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predicts for that same x value of four Well the

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regression equation they give you is y coll's point seven

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eight Acts plus 1 . 5 1 well jamming for in for acts

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gives us why equals point seven eight times four plus

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one point five one or four point six three well

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all that's left is the subtracting we just need to

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make sure we put the y value of the actual

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data point before the subtraction sign and the linear regression

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value after the subtraction sign what does that get us

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what we got seven then minus four point six three

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is two point three seven the residual of this point

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is to point three seven meaning the actual data point

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shows two point three seven inches Maurine The venus flytrap

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height then is predicted by the linear regression equation for

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four hours of sunlight So that's it answers A two

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point three seven and may All your fly traps shmoop 00:01:29.925 --> [endTime] free

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