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To determine whether the tip left at the end of a meal is related to the size of the total bill at their restaurant, Chez Michelle, data were gathered for 10 customers. The data and summary statistics are shown below.

-A study examined consumption levels of oil and carbon dioxide emissions for a sample of municipalities. The response variable in this study is
A) oil brands.
B) oil consumption levels.
C) carbon dioxide emissions.
D) municipalities.
E) oil prices.

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Consider the following to answer the question(s) below:
To determine whether the tip left at the end of a meal is related to the size of the total bill at their restaurant, Chez Michelle, data were gathered for 10 customers. The data and summary statistics are shown below.
 
-A study examined consumption levels of oil and carbon dioxide emissions for a sample of municipalities. The response variable in this study is
A) oil brands. 
B) oil consumption levels. 
C) carbon dioxide emissions. 
D) municipalities. 
E) oil prices.

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The response variable is the outcome of interest that the study aims to measure or predict, which in this case is carbon dioxide emissions.

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