Consider the system of equations shown below. y = negative 5 x + 1. y = negative 5 x + 10 When graphed, the system consists of two lines that will never meet, no matter how far they are extended. Why are the lines parallel? The linear equations have the same slope and y-intercept. The linear equations have different slopes and y-intercepts. The linear equations have the same slope but different y-intercepts. The linear equations have different slopes but the same y-intercep

Let us imagine that the number of automobile accidents in a certain region are related to the regional number of registered automobiles in tens of thousands (b1), alcoholic beverage sales in $10,000 (b2), and decrease in the price of gasoline in cents (b3). furthermore, imagine that the regression formula has been calculated as: y = a + b1x1 + b2x2 + b3x3 where y = the number of automobile accidents, a = 7.5, b1 = 3.5, b2 = 4.5, and b3 = 2.5 calculate the expected number of automobile accidents for a football weekend if the region has 25,000 registered vehicles, $75,000 worth of beer is sold, and a gas war causes a 10 cent drop in a gallon of gas.