The data show the number of viewers for television stars with certain salaries. Find the regressionequation, letting salary be the independent(x) variable. Find the best predicted number of viewers for a television star with a salary of $10 million. Is the result close to the actual number ofviewers, 10.1 million? Use a significance level of 0.05.

Salary(millions of$)

106

13

12

7

11

5

6

6

Viewers(millions)

6.6

4.2

7.6

5.4

10.4

7.4

7.9

6.5

What is the regressionequation?

y=

nothing

+

nothing

x(Round to three decimal places asneeded.)

What is the best predicted number of viewers for a television star with a salary of $10 million?

The best predicted number of viewers for a television star with a salary of $10 million is

nothing

million.

(Round to one decimal place asneeded.)

Is the result close to the actual number ofviewers, 10.1 million?

A.

The result is exactly the same as the actual number of viewers of 10.1 million.

B.

The result is very close to the actual number of viewers of 10.1 million.

C.

The result is not very close to the actual number of viewers of 10.1 million.

D.

The result does not make sense given the context of the data.

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