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The owner of a retailing organization is interested in the relationship between price at which a commodity is offered for sale and the quantity sold

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The owner of a retailing organization is interested in the relationship between price at which a

commodity is offered for sale and the quantity sold. The following sample data have been collected.

 

Price 25 45 30 50 35 40

Quantity sold 118 105 112 100 111 108

Using the method of least squares, determine the equation for the estimated regression line.

 

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Answer:

Qd=133.42-0.65P

Qd=a+bP

b=Y intercept

a=Slope

n=6

ΣX=225

ΣX^2=8875

ΣY=654

ΣXY=24240

Therefore

b=(6*24240-(225*654))/((6*8875)-225^2

b=(145440-147150)/(53250-50625)

b=-1710/2625

b=-0.6514

?a=(654-(-0.6514*225))/6

a=(654+146.5714)/6

a=133.4286

Therefore;

Qd=133.42-0.65P

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