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Read the following description of a data set.\newlinePike County's Parks and Recreation Department is considering establishing a new park. As part of the decision-making process, the department asked an intern to conduct a park usage study.The study considered the area (in square kilometers), xx, and the number of visitors last year, yy, of each county park.The least squares regression line of this data set is:y=24,417.569x58,522.969y = 24,417.569x - 58,522.969\newlineComplete the following sentence:\newlineIf a park's area was one square kilometer larger, the least squares regression line predicts that it would have had __\_\_ more visitors last year.

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Q. Read the following description of a data set.\newlinePike County's Parks and Recreation Department is considering establishing a new park. As part of the decision-making process, the department asked an intern to conduct a park usage study.The study considered the area (in square kilometers), xx, and the number of visitors last year, yy, of each county park.The least squares regression line of this data set is:y=24,417.569x58,522.969y = 24,417.569x - 58,522.969\newlineComplete the following sentence:\newlineIf a park's area was one square kilometer larger, the least squares regression line predicts that it would have had __\_\_ more visitors last year.
  1. Regression Line Equation: The least squares regression line provided is y=24,417.569x58,522.969y = 24,417.569x - 58,522.969. This equation predicts the number of visitors, yy, based on the area of the park, xx, in square kilometers. To find out how many more visitors a park would have if its area was one square kilometer larger, we need to look at the coefficient of xx, which represents the change in the number of visitors for each one square kilometer increase in park area.
  2. Coefficient of xx: The coefficient of xx in the regression equation is 24,417.56924,417.569. This means that for every additional square kilometer of park area, the model predicts an increase of 24,417.56924,417.569 visitors.
  3. Predicted Increase in Visitors: Therefore, if a park's area was 1square kilometer1\,\text{square kilometer} larger, the least squares regression line predicts that it would have had 24,417.56924,417.569 more visitors last year.

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