34.0k views
4 votes
Andrea’s work to find the equation of a trend line through the points (48, 61) and (72, 195) is shown below

2 Answers

5 votes
A - Andrea used the reciprocal of the slope 
User Mpmeyer
by
7.5k points
2 votes
The reasonable question of this incomplete problem is to find the equation for the trendline out of the given two points. Hence, we use the two-point formula of a line.

y - y₁ = [(y₂ - y₁)/(x₂- x₁)]*(x - x₁)

Let (48,61) be point 1, and (72,195) be point 2. Then,

y - 61 = [(195 - 61)/(72- 48)]*(x - 48)
y - 61 = (67/12)(x - 48)
12y - 732 = 67(x - 48)
12y - 732 = 67x - 3216
12y - 67x - 732 + 3216 = 0
12y - 67x +2484 = 0

Thus, the equation for the trendline is 12y - 67x +2484 = 0.
User Abdul Qadir Memon
by
8.5k points

No related questions found

Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

9.4m questions

12.2m answers

Categories