Question

Which of the following equations best represents the trend line for the scatter plot shown below?

Answer 1

y = 3x + 5?

Answer 2

i spose it depends on how exacting they want the answer to be ....

Answer 3

is this a guestimate? or one of those things you have to use linear regressions for?

Answer 4

and since it says "of the following" what are the other options to compare with?

Answer 5

yeah. not sure./.

Answer 6

y = 3x+5 looks pretty good, but without the others to compare with i cant be sure

Answer 7

i have them;
a. y =x + 8
b. y = 3x + 5
c. y = 3x + 8

Answer 8

a is out

Answer 9

and b is a better fit than c

Answer 10

thanks for checking. :)

Answer 11

youre welcome