Libardo Pacheco

Jackson Parke
Ashlee Francom
Quinton Wood

Project 3

Part I. Use the data to make a scatter plot that compares city mileage on the x-axis
with
highway mileage on the y-axis. Explain if this looks like a linear relationship. It does
Look like a linear relationship, because as the Highway mileage goes up so
does the City mileage. It doesnt seem to be curving like an exponential
growth graph would do.

1. Draw a line from the point showing the least mileage to the point showing the
greatest mileage, and identify the coordinates of these points. (27, 37) and (12,
18)Does this line look
like its a good fit to generalize the rate of change between city mileage and
highway mileage? Yes Describe the probable relationship. As Highway mpg
increase so do City mpg.
2. Find the rate of change (slope) for the line in Part I.1. Interpret this rate of
change using the proper units. Slope=19/15 From the slope we see that for
every 19 Highway mpg the City mpg goes up 15.
3. Find the equation of the linear function that gives the highway mileage as a
function of the city mileage. f(HighwayMPG)=19/15x+2.8
4. What highway mileage does the function predict for a car that gets 21 mpg in city

driving? 29.4 HighwayMPG Compare this to the Mercedes-Benz C-Class C250

Coupe and the
Subaru Forester 2.5 X Limited SUV. Our prediction is only 2 HighwayMPG
higher than the Subaru and 2 Highway MPG lower than the Mercedes. What
are the percent differences between
the predicted values and the actual values? Our prediction was 95% of the
actual value of 31 HighwayMPG for the Mercedes and 109% of the 27
HighwayMPG of the Subaru. Explain the differences. One factor that we are
not considering is that the Subaru is about 200 lbs. lighter than the
Mercedes and that is probably making a difference. Overall our prediction
is pretty accurate with a small margin of error.
5. What city mileage does the function predict for a car that gets 21 mpg in highway
driving? 14.37 CityMPG Compare this to the Acura MDX. 14.37CityMPG vs. 16
CityMPG for the Acura What is the percent difference between the predicted
value and the actual value? The predicted value is 90% of the actual value.
Explain the difference. The difference is explained by the margin of error. We
are not taking into account the different weight of the cars or other gas
saving features of the car.
6. Explain the constant term (y-intercept) of the function using proper units.
Y=19/15X+2.8 or CityMPG=19/15(HighwayMPG)+2.8
That tells us that if there was a car that got 0 CityMPG it would get 2.8
HighwayMPG.

Part II. Use the data to make a scatter plot that compares cars weight on the x-axis
with
highway mileage on the y-axis. Explain if this looks like a linear relationship. It does
look like a linear relationship, even though there are some outliers.

1. Draw the best line you can that makes a good fit to generalize the rate of
change between cars weight and highway mileage?
2. Find the rate of change (slope) for the line in Part II.1. Using points (3153, 31)
and (6050, 18) we get a slope of -13/2897 Interpret this rate of change using
the proper units. We lose 13 HighwayMPG for every 2897 lbs. that we gain.
3. Find the equation of the linear function that gives the highway mileage as a
function of the cars weight. Y=-13/2897X+45.14

4. What highway mileage does the function predict for a car weighing 4000 lb?
27.19 HighwayMPG
Compare this to similar cars in the table. The Cadillac CTS Base Coupe weighs
3898 lbs. and gets 27 HighwayMPG. And the AstonMartin DB9 Coupe
weighs 3968 and gets 20 HighwayMPG. What are the percent differences
between the predicted values and the actual values? The predicted value of
27.65 HMPG for the Cadillac CTS was only 2.41% more than the actual
value of 27HMPG. The predicted value of 27.33 HMPG for the Aston Martin
is 36.65% more than the actual value of 20 HMPG. Explain the differences.
The difference must be the margin of error. The Aston Martin is known for
making fast, high performance cars and probably sacrifices a lot of gas
savings to get the most performance out of its car.
5. What weight does the function predict for a car that gets 21 mpg in highway
driving? 5379.5 lbs. Compare this to similar cars in the table and explain the
difference. The Acura ZDX weighs 5534 lbs and gets 23 HMPG. The Audi Q7
3.0 Premium SUV weighs 5291 lbs. and gets 22 HMPG. Those cars are very
close in both HighwayMPG and the predicted weight. The difference is not
much and probably falls into the margin of error.
6. Explain the constant term (y-intercept) of the function using proper units. (0lbs.,
45.14 HMPG) is the Y intercept. A car weighing 0 lbs would get 45.14
HMPG. Y=-13/2897X=45.14 That line is going down. For every 2897lbs
that a car increases, it loses 13 HMPG.

Below is just a reference page showing a lot of the work done to get the
answers.