TABLE 13-14 An Automotive Engineer Would Like to Be Able to Predict

question 14

Short Answer

TABLE 13-14
An automotive engineer would like to be able to predict automobile mileages. She believes that the two most important characteristics that affect mileage are horsepower and the number of cylinders (4 or 6) of a car. She believes that the appropriate model is
Y = 40 - 0.05X1 + 20X2 - 0.1X1X2
where X1 = horsepower
X2 = 1 if 4 cylinders, 0 if 6 cylinders
Y = mileage.
-Referring to Table 13-14, the predicted mileage for a 200 horsepower, 4-cylinder car is ________.

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