Predicting Subway FareTable 10-5 includes the pizza subway fare costs from the Chapter Problem, as well as the total number of runs scored in the baseball World Series for six different years. As of this writing, the cost of a slice of pizza in New York City was $2.25, and 33 runs were scored in the last World Series.
a.Use the pizza subway fare data from Table 10-5 to predict the cost of a subway fare given that a slice of pizza costs $2.25.
b.Use the runs subway fare data from Table 10-5 to predict the subway fare in a year in which 33 runs were scored in the World Series.
Table 10-5 Costs of a Slice of Pizza, Total Number of Runs Scored in World Series, and Subway Fare
year
1960
1973
1986
1995
2002
2003
Cost of Pizza
0.15
0.35
1
1.25
1.75
2
Runs Scored in World Series
82
45
59
42
85
38
Subway Fare
1.35
1.5
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