The equation used to predict how tall a dog will be as an adult is ŷ=4.5 + 0.7x1 + 0.55x2, where x1 is the height of the mother and x2 is the height of the father. use this equation to predict the height of a puppy whose mother is 45.2 inches tall and whose father is 41.6 inches tall.

59.02 inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : The equation used to predict how tall a dog will be as an adult is , where is the height of the mother and is the height of the father.

To predict the height of a puppy whose mother is 45.2 inches tall and whose father is 41.6 inches tall, we put   and   in the above equation, we get

Hence, the predicted height of a puppy = 59.02 inches.