Question 1 - Residuals — observed minus predicted; SSE — sum of squared residuals Practice

Question 1

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A small cafe records, over five days, the number of hours (

x

) a barista works and the corresponding number of drinks (

y

) sold: A simple linear regression model fitted to the data is

y = 2x + 3

. The total Sum of Squares Error (SSE) for all five observations is 10. It is known that, on the fifth day, the actual number of drinks sold exceeded the value predicted by the regression line. Determine, correct to the nearest integer, the number of drinks sold on the fifth day. Question illustration

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Hard Difficulty

26 October 2025

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