Choose the One Alternative That Best Completes the Statement or Answers

question 71

Multiple Choice

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
-The data below are the final exam scores of 10 randomly selected chemistry students and the number of hours they slept the night before the exam. What is the best predicted value for $y$ given $x = 8$ ?

• A) 96
• B) 95
• C) 94
• D) 97

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