A line of best fit predicts that when x equals 29, y will equal 27.745, but yactually equals 25. What is the residual in this case?A.-2.745B. 1.255C. 2.745D. -1.255

Solution:
Given that a line of best fit predicts that when x equals 29, y will equal 27.745, but y
actually equals 25. This implies that
The residual for each observation is the difference between predicted values of y (dependent variable) and observed/measured values of y.
In other words, we have
[tex]Residual\text{ = Measured value of y - predicted value of y}[/tex]Thus, we have
[tex]\begin{gathered} Residual\text{ = 25-27.745} \\ =-2.745 \end{gathered}[/tex]The correct option is