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The scatter plot and line of best fit above shows the Olympic Games winning men's pole vault from 1908 to 2004. Which of the equations below best describes this graph? A. y = 1/4 x + 3.5 B. y = 0.025x
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The scatter plot and line of best fit above shows the Olympic Games winning men's pole vault from 1908 to 2004. Which of the equations below best describes this graph?

A. y = 1/4 x + 3.5

B. y = 0.025x + 3.5

C. y = -1/4 x - 3.5

D. y = 40x - 140

The scatter plot and line of best fit above shows the Olympic Games winning men's-example-1
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its probably a ithink

User Bessie
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We can eliminate C and D because the y-intercept is 3.5.
Remember this: y=6x+9
6 is the slope.
9 (or (0, 9)) is the y-intercept.
The answer is B because when you calculate the slope (5.9-5.1 divided by 96/64) you get 0.025.

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