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Ryan works at an apple orchard. He records the weights of ten bags of apples, in ounces, and the number of apples in each bag, as seen in the table below.

Number of Apples Weight of the Bag (ounces)
9 33.5
12 39.8
12 42.3
13 45.1
15 46.6
17 51.5
19 49.2
21 53.8
21 51.9
25 63.4

What is the linear equation that best models the data above?

User Tendinitis
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Aye my brothers the answers are
M=2.45
Y= 29.45
The formulas are △y/△x and Slope of a line which is y2-y1=m(x2-x1)
I didnt want to do all the work :)
Hope this helps a litte
User Liubov
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