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Fifty matched pairs of magnitude/depth measurements randomly selected from 10,594 earthquakes recorded in one year from a location in southern California. Find the best predicted depth of an earthquake with a magnitude of 2.1.
Use a significance level of
Use a significance level of
0.05.
Mag
Depth
Mag
|
Depth
|
|
---|---|---|
1.89
|
11.2
|
|
1.56
|
13.5
|
|
1.99
|
17.9
|
|
0.83
|
2.6
|
|
0.56
|
5.6
|
|
1.63
|
9.6
|
|
0.04
|
10.9
|
|
0.01
|
17.1
|
|
2.11
|
19.7
|
|
0.23
|
7.9
|
|
2.82
|
8.3
|
|
0.34
|
13.3
|
|
0.74
|
10.2
|
|
0.58
|
9.3
|
|
1.58
|
10.2
|
|
2.89
|
11.1
|
|
0.16
|
18.1
|
|
2.22
|
12.2
|
|
0.63
|
13.8
|
|
1.92
|
3.4
|
|
1.11
|
19.2
|
|
2.03
|
17.1
|
|
2.72
|
10.9
|
|
0.39
|
12.4
|
|
2.91
|
14.9
|
|
1.52
|
9.8
|
|
0.03
|
12.2
|
|
1.75
|
4.9
|
|
0.31
|
14.7
|
|
0.38
|
4.9
|
|
0.11
|
12.8
|
|
2.68
|
8.4
|
|
0.21
|
12.1
|
|
1.68
|
18.6
|
|
1.78
|
14.8
|
|
1.06
|
7.7
|
|
2.11
|
11.1
|
|
2.24
|
7.8
|
|
1.23
|
10.4
|
|
2.85
|
18.5
|
|
0.86
|
15.7
|
|
1.43
|
19.3
|
|
2.78
|
19.3
|
|
0.87
|
4.3
|
|
0.05
|
7.4
|
|
2.83
|
15.1
|
|
1.26
|
12.1
|
|
2.64
|
18.5
|
|
0.89
|
19.7
|
|
0.62
|
15.1
|
|
The regression equation is
y=_______+_____x.
(Round to one decimal place as needed.)
Given that the earthquake has a magnitude of
2.1,
the best predicted depth is _______km.(Round to one decimal place as needed.)
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