Happy Lodge Ski Resorts tries to forecast monthly attendance. The management has noticed a direct relationship between the average monthly temperature and attendance.

(a) Given five months of average monthly temperatures and corresponding monthly attendance, compute a linear regression equation of the relationship between the two. If next month’s average temperature is forecast to be 45 degrees, use your linear regression equation to develop a forecast.

(b) Compute a correlation coefficient for the data and determine the strength of the linear relationship between average temperature and attendance. How good a predictor is temperature forattendance?

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Average Resort Attendance Month Temperature(in thousands) 24 41 32 30 38 43 31 39 38 35 4