Compute the Sum of Squared Residuals
-A Calculus Instructor Is

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Multiple Choice

Compute the Sum of Squared Residuals
-A calculus instructor is interested the performance of his students from Calculus I that go on to Calculus II. Their final grades in each course (in percent) are given below. Compute the sum of the squared residuals of the least squared line for the given data. $\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline \text { Calculus I } & 88 & 78 & 62 & 75 & 95 & 91 & 83 & 86 & 98 \\\hline \text { Calculus II } & 81 & 80 & 55 & 78 & 90 & 90 & 81 & 80 & 100 \\\hline\end{array}$

• A) \(130.14\)
• B) \(30.85\)
• C) \(11.41\)
• D) \(1075.9\)

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