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Flight Time and Ticket Price The following data represent nonstop flight time (in minutes)...

Flight Time and Ticket Price The following data represent nonstop flight time (in minutes) and one-way ticket price (in dollars) for flying from Chicago to various cities on Southwest Airlines.

City

Time (minutes), t

Price (dollars), P

Atlanta, GA

110

140

Los Angeles, CA

260

199

Nashville, TN

80

108

Oklahoma City, OK

125

130

Omaha, NE

85

89

Ft. Myers, FL

170

175

Phoenix, AZ

225

191

Houston, TX

155

147

Seattle, WA

265

196

St. Louis, MO

65

93

(a) Use a graphing utility to draw a scatter diagram. .


(b) Use a graphing utility to find the line of best fit that models the relation between flight time and airfare. Express the model using function notation. .


(c) Interpret the slope. .


(d) Predict the airfare for a flight from Chicago to Kansas City, Missouri, if the flight time is 85 minutes. Round to the nearest dollar. .


(e) Predict the flight time from Chicago to Baltimore, Maryland if the airfare is $120. Round to the nearest minute.

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