A data set consists of the following data points:

(2,4), (4,7), (5,12)

The line of best fit has the equation

y = -1.5 + 2.5x. What does this equation predict for a value of x = 3?

Question

A data set consists of the following data points:

(2,4), (4,7), (5,12)

The line of best fit has the equation

 y = -1.5 + 2.5x. What does this equation predict for a value of x = 3?

anonymous · Answer

you input 3, so it would be y= -1.5 + 2.5(3), which would be 6.

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

haha whenever it says line of best fit and it says what's the value predicted, you input the number into the equation.

anonymous · Answer

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