GATE EE 2023 Set 1 — Question 35
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Three points in the - plane are , and . The value of the slope of the best fit straight line in the least square sense is ____________ (Round off to 2 decimal places).
Correct answer
0.9 to 1.1
Solution
Given the points : .
Number of points .
To find the slope of the best fit line in the least square sense, we use the formula:Calculating the required sums:
Number of points .
To find the slope of the best fit line in the least square sense, we use the formula:Calculating the required sums:
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Substituting these values into the slope formula:The slope of the best fit straight line is .Continue learning with Success Tracker
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