Cost of Books

question 268

Essay

Cost of Books
The editor of a major academic book publisher claims that a large part of the cost of books is the cost of paper.This implies that larger books will cost more money.As an experiment to analyze the claim,a university student visits the bookstore and records the number of pages and the selling price of twelve randomly selected books.These data are listed below. ​ ​
-{Cost of Books Narrative} Determine the coefficient of determination and discuss what its value tells you.

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