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A study investigated the relationship between the amount of daily food waste measured in pounds and the number of people in a household.The equation of the line of best fit for this data is : y = 1.218x -0.09What does it mean to have a slope of 1.218 in this situation? Is this realistic?

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The relationship between the amount of daily food waste measured in pounds and the number of people in a household.

Equation of the line : y = 1.218x -0.09

Slope is 1.218

Slope meaning the rate of change of y coordinates with respect to the x coordinatei.e steepness of the line

In the given situation the : The quantify food that is wasted by person in the house is more than 1.218 times

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