) Peter's younger brother a second year student wishes to test whether there could be some relationship between annual visits to a local market by all residents surrounding that market. After a well-designed field study he obtains the following figures:

Number of visits per year 21 13 19 18 17 17 14 20 10 11

Residence distance from the market(KM) 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0

Identify the dependent variable(y) and the independent variable (x)(1mark)

Develop the estimated regression equation of y on x