The following pairs of data represent the amounts of damages (in thousands of dollars) in fires at middle-class residences in a certain city and the distances (in miles) from these residences to the nearest fire station.
Distance
Damage
5.2
36.2
4.4
28.8
3.0
22.6
1.2
8.8
7.5
41.5
9.4
25.4
(a) Draw a scatter diagram.
(b) Try to approximate the relationship between the distance and damage by drawing a straight line through the data.
(c) Find the estimated regression line, and compare it to the line drawn in part (b).
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