Use the LinReg command to find the line of best fit for (Data set #11) and report the equation of the line along with the TI commands used. Report the explanatory and response variable in terms of your data.

8:00 QUANTITATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING PROJECT Home Data Links New Book Contact Us About Data Home | Math Topics | Environment Topics | Topics Matrix | Master List | Help Download the Data Data Set #018 PDF Alternative Fueled Vehicles in Use Excel File in the United States 500,000 Text File Minitab File 400,000 About the Data View the Data number of vehicles 300,000 Help with Using Data 200,000 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 year Go to Top About the Data The source of the data is the following: US Department of Energy's Annual Energy Review Interactive Data Query System found at http:/www.energy.gov/transportation/index.html. The data query system defines alternative fuels as ethanol (85% or 95%), electricity, petroleum gases (liquefied), natural gases (liquefied or compressed), and methanol. The data base also gives the total amount of fuel consumed by these vehicles in total, and by individual type. The data show a decent linear trend in the number of alternative fueled vehicles (AFV's) in use. After fitting a linear function to the data, we might forecast somewhat and predict the number of these vehicles to be in use in future years. Obviously forecasting too far into the future has its dangers as new technology and consumer attitudes often do not track linearly. In the year 2000, the US was introduced to the electric-gas hybrid automobile. Models include the Honda Insight, the Toyota Prius, and the Ford Prodigy. The manufacturers of these models claim their vehicles get up to 70 mpg. It will be interesting to see how much the AFV trend increases from 1999 and 2000. Go to Top View the Data source: US Department of Energy Total Number of Alternative-Fueled Vehicles In Use in the United States year number 992 251,352 1993 314,848 1994 324,472 1995 $33,049 996 352,421 1997 367,526 1998 383,847 1999 407,542 Go to Top AA seattlecentral.edu