Find the Explained Variation for the Paired Data $\hat { y } = 6.18286 + 4.33937 x$

question 28

Multiple Choice

Find the explained variation for the paired data. The equation of the regression line for the paired data below is $\hat { y } = 6.18286 + 4.33937 x$
$\begin{array} { r | r r r r r r r } \boldsymbol { x } & 9 & 7 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 22 & 17 \\\hline \boldsymbol { y } & 43 & 35 & 16 & 21 & 23 & 102 & 81\end{array}$

• A) 13.479
• B) 6,531.37
• C) 6,544.86
• D) 6,421.83

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