use minitab to explain. If you peruse the bookshelves of a typical college professor, you will find a variety of books ranging from textbooks to esoteric technical publications to paperback novels. In order to determine whether or not the price of a book can be determined by the number of pages it contains, a college professor recorded the number of pages and price for 15 books on one shelf. The data are shown below. Pages Price Pages Price Pages Price 104* 32.95 342* 49.95 436 5.95 188* 24.95 378 4.95 458* 60.00 220* 49.95 385 5.99 466* 49.95 264* 79.95 417 4.95 469 5.99 336 4.50 417* 39.75 585 5.95 * denotes hardback books