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statistics question 1?

Listed below are the weights (in pounds) & the highway fuel consumption amounts (in mi/gal) of Randomly selected cars (Chrystler Sebring, Ford Mustang, BMV 3-Series, Ford Crown Victoria, Honda Civic, Mazda Proege,Hyundai Accent).

Weight 3175 3450 3225 3985 2440 2500 2290

Fuel 27 29 27 24 37 34 37

Consumption

Is there a linear correlation between weight & highway fuel consumption?

What does the result suggest about a national program to reduce the consumption of imported oil?

What do I do with this? Can you help me figure this out?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Well, the obvious answer is that the more a vehicle weighs, the more fuel it consumes simply because it takes longer to travel from one place to another. If you place the values accordingly in a scatter plot and line up the highest numbers with the highest amount of fuel consumption you'll see the relation. The rest you can figure out, I think your smart enough.

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