Up and Running Auto Shop is tracking their regular customers' data to see if there is a relationship between the life of a car's engine and the number of times the oil is changed. The equation for the line of best fit for the data shown on the scatter plot is y = .4125x + .1576. What does .1576 represent in the equation?

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Gdeinward · Answer

Any ideas?

chicken25 · Answer

no not yet

DwightH · Answer

i think its it represents the longetivity before the oil changes

DwightH · Answer

i just dont understand how to get the answer

Gdeinward · Answer

the equation is a th slope-intercept form y = mx + b where b is the y intercept.

Gdeinward · Answer

are there any choices?