Elementary Statistics
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Author: Mario F. Triola
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 10.6, Problem 6BSC
Finding the Best Model. In Exercises 5-16, construct a
6. Landscape Material The table lists the cost y (in dollars) of purchasing a volume of red landscaping mulch from the Red Bam Farm and Nursery in Dutchess County, New York. The mulch is sold by the “yard,” which is actually a cubic yard, and the variable x is the length (yd) of each side of a cubic yard.
x | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | 25 | 3 |
Cost | 35 | 118.13 | 280 | 546.88 | 945 |
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