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Consider the data points (5, 4) and (7, 3).(a) Find the straight line that provides the be...

Consider the data points (5, 4) and (7, 3).

(a) Find the straight line that provides the best leastsquares fit to these data.

(b) Use the method from Section 1.4 to find the equa-tion of the straight line passing through the two points.

(c) Explain why we could have predicted that the straight line in (b) would be the same as the straight line in (a).

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Solutions For Problems in Chapter 1.5