A weight loss company wanted to predict how much weight a client would lose if they followed a prescribed exercise program in addition to the company's diet program. Volunteers were randomly divided into two groups, one group dieted but didn’t exercise, and the other group dieted and followed the exercise program. For the exercise group, they used linear regression with percent compliance with the exercise program as the explanatory variable and pounds lost in three months as the response variable. One of the clients was told that his residual was 5.5 pounds. What does this mean?

The 8th term is 512

First, think of what you know. you know that the number t the end of the equation will need to be subtracted because it is the money he lost from buying the lawn mower. and your first two weeks have negative profit, so that tells you that c and d are wrong. now you can plug any of the weeks into a and b to see which one works. i'll start with plugging week 1 into a.this isn't right because it says your answer for week one should be -90.so now we need to try the same thing with b.this one got you the right answer, (sometimes if you only check with one of the weeks multiple will work so you need to check with more of the weeks, but it worked out fine here)this means that b is the correct answer.let me know if you need more clarification. i hope this : )