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The following data relate the sales figures of the bar
in Mark Kaltenbach’s small bed-and-breakfast inn in Portand, to
the number of guests registered that week:
WEEK GUESTS BAR SALES
1 16 $330
2 12 270
3 18 380
4 14 300
a) Perform a linear regression that relates bar sales to guests (not
to time).
b) If the
expected to be? PX
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