Question

This table shows rainfall in centimeters for a city in different months the quadratic regression equation that models these data is y=-0.77x^2+6.06x-5.9. Using the model the predicted rainfall for month 11 is about -32.4 centimeters does this prediction make sense why or why not HELP ASAP

Answer 1

(a) No; rainfall amounts are positive

Explanation:

Rainfall amounts are measured using a gauge that reports the amount as zero when the gauge is empty. Any rainfall adds to the amount in the gauge, so is reported as a positive number. There is no way to remove more rainfall than is in the gauge, so there is no way to have a negative rainfall amount

A prediction of a negative rainfall amount makes no sense, because you can't have a negative amount of rainfall.