Oil Quality and Price Quality of Oil Is Measured in API

question 216

Essay

Oil Quality and Price Quality of oil is measured in API gravity degrees--the higher the degrees API, the higher the quality. The table shown below is produced by an expert in the field who believes that there is a relationship between quality and price per barrel. A partial Minitab output follows:
{Oil Quality and Price Narrative} Determine the least squares regression line.

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