1 A computer manager interested to know how efficiency of his/her new computer program which depends on the size of incoming data. Efficiency will be measured by the number of processed requests per hour. In general, larger data sets require more computer time, and therefore, fewer requests are processed within 1 hour. Applying the program to data sets of different sizes, the following data were gathered:
Data size (gigabytes) 7 7 8 10 10 15
Processed requests 40 55 50 41 17 26
a Determine the association between data size and processed requests and interpret its meaning:
b Fit a regression equation to predict the efficiency of a new computer for data size 12 gigabytes