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Gas Mileage an Important Factor in the Amount of Gasoline \quad

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Gas mileage An important factor in the amount of gasoline a car uses is the size of the engine. Called "displacement", engine size measures the volume of the cylinders in cubic inches. The regression analysis is shown.

Dependent variable is: \quad \quad MPG
89 total cases of which 0 are missing
R \mathrm{R} squared =60.9%R =60.9 \% \quad \mathrm{R} squared (adjusted) =60.0% =60.0 \%
s=3.056 s=3.056 with 892=87 89-2=87 degrees of freedom
 Source  Sum of Squares  df  Mean Square  F-ratio  Regression 696.7441696.74474.6 Residual 448.236489.33826 Variable  Coefficient  s.e. of Coeff  t-ratio  prob  Constant 34.97991.23128.4<0.0001 Eng. Displcmt 0.0661960.00778.64<0.0001 \begin{array}{llrrr}\text { Source } & \text { Sum of Squares } & \text { df } & \text { Mean Square } & \text { F-ratio } \\ \text { Regression } & 696.744 & 1 & 696.744 & 74.6 \\ \text { Residual } & 448.236 & 48 & 9.33826 & \\ & & & & \\ \text { Variable } & \text { Coefficient } & \text { s.e. of Coeff } & \text { t-ratio } & \text { prob } \\ \text { Constant } & 34.9799 & 1.231 & 28.4 & <0.0001 \\ \text { Eng. Displcmt } & -0.066196 & 0.0077 & -8.64 & <0.0001\end{array}

a. How many cars were included in this analysis?
b. What is the correlation between engine size and fuel economy?
c. A car you are thinking of buying is available with two different size engines, 190 cubic inches or 240 cubic inches. How much difference might this make in your gas mileage? (Show your work.)

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