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The discussion focuses on the relationship between entrance test scores and final exam scores in an algebra course. A scatter plot can be created to visualize the data, and it is noted that a student with a final exam score in the 80s has an entrance score of 65. The analysis reveals that a higher entrance score does not necessarily lead to a higher final exam score, as demonstrated by the variability in the data. While some students with high entrance scores achieved high final scores, others with lower entrance scores also performed well. Overall, the relationship between entrance and final exam scores is complex and influenced by multiple factors.
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The table shows the mathematics entrance test scores x and the final examination scores y in an algebra course for a sample of 10 students.

x...22 29 35 40 44 48 53 58 65 76
y...53 74 57 66 79 90 76 93 83 99

(a) Sketch a scatter plot of the data.

(b) Find the entrance test score of any student with a final exam score in the 80s.

(c) Does a higher entrance test score imply a higher final exam score? Explain.

Let me see.

Part (a) is just plotting points on the xy-plane.

Part (b)
The entrance score is 65 as shown in the table above for the point (65, 83).

Part (c)
A higher entrance score does not imply a higher final exam score. The table shows how entrance scores and final exam scores fluctuate. The point (76, 99) shows that a high entrance score led to a high final exam score but the case is different for (48, 90). A low entrance score of 48 led to a high final exam score of 90. Many factors lead to this fluctuation in terms of entrance scores versus final exam scores.
 
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This question is poorly worded, but I expect you are supposed to get a Least Squares Regression Line, so that you can use the equation to answer part (b) and determine if there is a trend in part (c).
 
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This question is poorly worded, but I expect you are supposed to get a Least Squares Regression Line, so that you can use the equation to answer part (b) and determine if there is a trend in part (c).

Ok. I will research this problem online.
 
The data are given in order increasing entrance score. The corresponding final scores are:
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The scores deceas3 from
74 to 57 and from 93 to 83, 2 times,

While not always increasing the data are, overall, increasing.
 
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