A Poultry Farmer That Dabbles in Statistics Is Interested in Exploring

Multiple Choice

A poultry farmer that dabbles in statistics is interested in exploring the relationship between layer pellets and the output of his laying hens. For ten days he records the number of ounces of layer pellets and the number of eggs that are produced. What is his regression equation based on the data? $$\begin{array} { | c | c | } \hline \text { Layer Pellets } & \text { Eggs } \\\hline 29 & 24 \\\hline 27 & 22 \\\hline 22 & 20 \\\hline 21 & 20 \\\hline 23 & 22 \\\hline 28 & 23 \\\hline 22 & 21 \\\hline 28 & 22 \\\hline 22 & 20 \\\hline 29 & 24 \\\hline\end{array}$$

A) Eggs = 11.3 + 0.42Pellets
B) Eggs = 1.25 + 0.29Pellets
C) Eggs = 10.9 + 0.23Pellets
D) Eggs = 4.22 + 0.67Pellets