The following gives the number of accidents that occured on Florida State Highway 101 during the last 4 months:              month               Jan Feb Mar Apr   Number of accidents     25  48 60 105 Using the least squares regresion method, the trend equation for forecasting is (round your responses to two decimal places):                   ^Y=-350+25.20x Using the least-squares regression, the forecast for the number of accidents that will occur in the month of May=__ accidents (enter your response as a whole number)

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The following gives the number of accidents that occured on Florida State Highway 101 during the last 4 months:

             month               Jan Feb Mar Apr

  Number of accidents     25  48 60 105

Using the least squares regresion method, the trend equation for forecasting is (round your responses to two decimal places): 

                 ^Y=-350+25.20x

Using the least-squares regression, the forecast for the number of accidents that will occur in the month of May=__ accidents (enter your response as a whole number)

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