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Question 264

The battery life, LLL minutes, and the total payload mass, MMM grams, of a random sample of 6 industrial drones are recorded in the table below.

MMM (payload in g)20040060080010001200
LLL (life in mins)45.540.735.931.126.321.5
a.

State, with a reason, which variable is the explanatory variable.

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b.

The equation of the least squares regression line of LLL on MMM is

L=50.3−0.024M L = 50.3 - 0.024M L=50.3−0.024M

Give an interpretation of the gradient of this regression line.

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c.

Find the value of Mˉ\bar{M}Mˉ and the value of Lˉ\bar{L}Lˉ.

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d.

Show that the point (Mˉ,Lˉ)(\bar{M}, \bar{L})(Mˉ,Lˉ) lies on the regression line.

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e.

Estimate the battery life of a drone carrying a payload of 750 grams.

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f.

Evaluate the reliability of the estimate calculated in part (e), justifying your answer.

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g.

The battery life of this specific drone model is assumed to be normally distributed with mean 34 minutes and standard deviation 4.2 minutes.

The central 80% of battery lives lies between aaa and bbb.

Find the value of aaa and the value of bbb to two decimal places.

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