Consider the data points (5, 4) and (7, 3). (a) Find the straight line that provides the

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Consider the data points (5, 4) and (7, 3).
(a) Find the straight line that provides the least-squares fit to these data.
(b) Use the method from Section 1.2 to find the equation of the straight line passing through the two points.
(c) Explain why we could have predicted that the straight line in (b) would be the same as the straight line in (a).
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Finite Mathematics and Its Applications

ISBN: 978-0134768632

12th edition

Authors: Larry J. Goldstein, David I. Schneider, Martha J. Siegel, Steven Hair

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