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Course: Algebra 1 (FL B.E.S.T.)?>?Unit 3
Lesson 11: Analyzing trend lines with residualsCalculating and interpreting residuals
Problem
Zhang Lei creates and sells wreaths. On her website, she gives the diameter, in inches, and weight, in pounds, of each wreath. An approximate least-squares regression line was used to predict the weight from a given diameter.
Interpret the residual for the wreath indicated in the scatterplot above.