Question: A study investigating the relationship between weight x (in hundreds of pounds) and the fuel economy y(in miles per gallon) of 50 randomly selected new

A study investigating the relationship between weight x (in hundreds of pounds) and the fuel economy y(in miles per gallon) of 50 randomly selected new light vehicles yielded r = -0.87, and the regression equation: y-hat = -0.82x +48.7. For each additional 100 pounds in weight, the average fuel economy is predicted to

Note: y-hat represents the predicted y-value or the symbol for the predicted y in regression

A- decrease by 0.87

B- decrease by 0.82

C- increase by 0.82

D- increase by 0.87

E- estimated change can not be estimated with information given

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