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Height and weight of NBA players The table shows the roster for the National Basketball As...

Height and weight of NBA players The table shows the roster for the National Basketball Association (NBA) team Boston Celtics for 2012.

Height

Weight

Name (in inches)

(in pounds)

Leandro Barbosa

75

194

 

Brandon Bass

80

250

 

Avery Bradley

74

180

 

Jason Collins

84

255

 

Kevin Garnett

83

253

 

Jeff Green

81

235

 

Courtney Lee

77

200

 

Fab Melo

84

255

 

Paul Pierce

79

235

 

Rajon Rondo

73

186

 

Jared Sullinger

81

260

 

Jason Terry

74

180

 

Chris Wilcox

82

235

 

Source: http://www.nba.com/celtics/roster/2012–2013–roster.html

a. Use a graphing utility to find the line of regression relat­ing the variables x (height in inches) and y (weight in pounds).

b. Use a graphing utility to plot the points and graph the regression line.

c. Use the line in part (a) to predict the weight of an NBA player whose height is 76 inches.

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