Airline FaresAirline Fares

By: Stevenrae Dimas, Jesus By: Stevenrae Dimas, Jesus Romero, Jasberth Morales Romero, Jasberth Morales

This projectThis project

In this project we had to get two In this project we had to get two airlinesairlines

With six different cities and compare With six different cities and compare the prices.the prices.

Our goal was to find a more Our goal was to find a more “convenient” price between the two. “convenient” price between the two.

To explain the cost of each mile.To explain the cost of each mile.

DataData

1631New York

958Chicago

832San Diego

1097Memphis

1693Baltimore

1079New Orleans

Distance

Prices (in dollars)Prices (in dollars)

Here are the prices to each city Here are the prices to each city (from Denver) for united airlines(from Denver) for united airlines

Price (united airlines)Price (united airlines)New OrleansNew Orleans 351351BaltimoreBaltimore 795795MemphisMemphis 448448San DiegoSan Diego 234234ChicagoChicago 242242New YorkNew York 311311

Prices (In Dollars)Prices (In Dollars)

469New York

281Chicago

243San Diego

340Memphis

270Baltimore

540New Orleans

Price (Frontier)

Here are the prices to each city (from Denver) for frontier

Scatter PlotScatter PlotComparinf Airlines

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795

448

234 242

311

540

270

340

243

281

469

y = 0.3974x - 85.955

y = 0.0701x + 272.02

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EquationsEquations

Trend linesTrend lines Y=0.3974x-85.955 - FrontierY=0.3974x-85.955 - Frontier Y=0.0701x+272.02 – UnitedY=0.0701x+272.02 – United

Line of best fitLine of best fit

Y=0.3974x-85.955 is the equation Y=0.3974x-85.955 is the equation for Frontier airlines and this best fits for Frontier airlines and this best fits the data that is scattered for those the data that is scattered for those cities.cities.

Best AirlineBest Airline

The best (cheapest) airline is Frontier The best (cheapest) airline is Frontier Airlines Airlines

Although it cost more per mile the Although it cost more per mile the overall cost is a lot cheaperoverall cost is a lot cheaper

Slope Slope

In this situation slope represents In this situation slope represents cost per mile. cost per mile.

Frontier charges 0.3974 per mile the Frontier charges 0.3974 per mile the slope is 0.3974/1slope is 0.3974/1

United Airlines charges 0.0701 per United Airlines charges 0.0701 per mile the slope is 0.0701/1mile the slope is 0.0701/1

Y- interceptY- intercept

The y- intercept represents how The y- intercept represents how much each airline is chargingmuch each airline is charging

Frontier charges -85.955Frontier charges -85.955 So the y-intercept is -85.955So the y-intercept is -85.955 United Airlines charges 272.02United Airlines charges 272.02 So the y- intercept 272.02So the y- intercept 272.02

New ScenarioNew Scenario

We had to pick a city to go to but it We had to pick a city to go to but it had to be under $500 had to be under $500

We chose to go from Denver to New We chose to go from Denver to New yorkyork

The distance is 1631 milesThe distance is 1631 miles So it would cost $469So it would cost $469 The cost per mile is $3.477The cost per mile is $3.477

The reason we chose this one is The reason we chose this one is because we can go farther and it because we can go farther and it costs lesscosts less

BibliographyBibliography

http://www.http://www.frontierfrontierairlines.com/airlines.com/ www.www.unitedunited.com/.com/

The EndThe End