Question

http://courseplayer.avalearning.com/nweb/MA402/MA402-L03-projectChart.png background information. consider this situation. The Indianapolis 500 is one of the most famous auto races in the world. It takes place on Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the United States. The race consists of 200 laps around a 2.5-mile oval track. The table in Background Information lists the average winning speeds for even-numbered years between 1912 and 1998.
What type of curve best fits the data?
The data points do not all fall exactly on a single curve

Answer 1

The data points do not all fall exactly on a single curve. Draw a straight line through as many of the data points as possible. This line is called the line of best fit. The number of points above the line of best fit should be about equal to the number of points below the line. Then using your line of best fit, guess what you think the average winning speed was in 1977.
Extend your line of best fit to extrapolate the average winning speed for 2002.
Select the function for the line of best fit.

Hint: The function has the form f(x) = mx + b, where b is a constant and m is the slope of the line. First find m using two points that fall on the line. Then find b using 0 for the value of x.

Answer 2

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