A) 17238
B) 10

question 50

Multiple Choice

$$\begin{array}{l}\text { Use the given set of points to compute the sum of squares for } x , \sum ( x - \bar { x } ) ^ { 2 } \text {. }\\\begin{array} { c | c c c c c c c c } x & 5 & 9 & 10 & 7 & 7 & 10 & 6 & 8 \\\hline y & 16 & 22 & 27 & 20 & 21 & 22 & 20 & 21\end{array}\end{array}$$

• A) 1.7238
• B) 10.1596
• C) 1.4149
• D) 23.5000

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