4.

The geography teacher, Mr Chadwick, gave the data set below to his class to
illustrate the concept that average temperature depends on how far a place is
from the equator (known as the latitude). There are 90 degrees between the
equator and the North Pole. The equator is dened as 0 degrees. Examine the
data set below and answer the questions that follow.
City Degrees N (x) Ave. temp. (y) xy x
2
(x x)
2
(y y)
2
Cairo 43 22
Berlin 53 19
London 40 18
Lagos 6 32
Jerusalem 31 23
Madrid 40 28
Brussels 51 18
Istanbul 39 23
Boston 43 23
Montreal 45 22
Total:
a) Copy and complete the table.
b) Using your table, determine the equation of the least squares regression
line. Round a and b to two decimal places in your nal answer.
c) Use your calculator to conrm your equation for the least squares regression
line.
d) Using your table, determine the value of the correlation coefcient to two
decimal places.
e) What can you deduce about the relationship between how far north a city
is and its average temperature?
f) Estimate the latitude of Paris if it has an average temperature of 25

C
5. A taxi driver recorded the number of kilometres his taxi travelled per trip and his
fuel cost per kilometre in Rands. Examine the table of his data below and answer
the questions that follow.
Distance (x) 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 20 25 30
Cost (y) 2,8 2,5 2,46 2,42 2,4 2,36 2,32 2,3 2,25 2,22 2
a) Draw a scatter plot of the data.
b) Use your calculator to determine the equation of the least squares regres-
sion line and draw this line on your scatter plot. Round a and b to two
decimal places in your nal answer.
c) Using your calculator, determine the correlation coefcient to two decimal
places.
d) Describe the relationship between the distance travelled per trip and the
fuel cost per kilometre.
e) Predict the distance travelled if the cost per kilometre is R 1,75.
392 9.3. Correlation