The table shows the amount of milk that Wisconsin dairy farms produced from 1937 to 1968. Which model best fits this data?

Year: Milk Produced (in billions of pounds):
1937 12
1968 16
1995 20

I have no idea how to do this. Here are the possible answers:

y = –0.139x + 6.57
y = 6.57x + 0.139
y = 0.139x + 6.57
y = 0.139x – 6.57

Can you explain how to do something like this with a pencil and paper? I don't want to use a calculator.

Question

The table shows the amount of milk that Wisconsin dairy farms produced from 1937 to 1968.  Which model best fits this data?

Year:        Milk Produced (in billions of pounds):
1937        12
1968        16
1995        20


I have no idea how to do this. Here are the possible answers:

y = –0.139x + 6.57
y = 6.57x + 0.139
y = 0.139x + 6.57
y = 0.139x – 6.57

Can you explain how to do something like this with a pencil and paper? I don't want to use a calculator.

anonymous · Answer

basically year is one set of values and milk in billions is the other , do you have a calculator?

anonymous · Answer

oh didn't read bottom ...with pen and paper .you would need to find the correlation between the year change and the milk produced