Exhibit 93
the Following Questions Are Based on the Problem Description

Exhibit 9.3
The following questions are based on the problem description and spreadsheet below.
A researcher is interested in determining how many calories young men consume.She measured the age of the individuals and recorded how much food they ate each day for a month.The average daily consumption was recorded as the dependent variable.She has developed the following Excel spreadsheet of the results.

-Refer to Exhibit 9.3.What is the estimated regression function for this problem? Explain what the terms in your equation mean
$$\widehat { \mathrm { Y } } _ { \mathrm { i } } = 3995.991 - 54.2303 \mathrm { X } _ { \mathrm { li } }$$