Question

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The scatter plot shows the relationship between the number of car accidents in a month and the number of drivers attending a program on distracted driving. The equation represents the linear model for this data.



y=−0.0067x+17



What does the number 17 in the equation mean in this context?

A)There were no accidents per month when there were 17 drivers in the program.

B)The number of accidents decreases by 17 for every 100 drivers in the program.

C)For every 100 drivers in the program, there are 17 accidents per month.

D)There were 17 drivers in the program when it started.

E)There were 17 accidents per month when there were no drivers in the program.

Answer 1

Answer choice E is correct. If you look at the graph you see 17 is on 0 drivers in the program and 17 accidents happened per month without any drivers in the program. Sorry if the explanation is confusing.

Answer 2

E)There were 17 accidents per month when there were no drivers in the program.

Explanation:

We can see from the graph that x, the independent variable, is the number of drivers in the program. The variable y, the dependent variable, is the number of accidents per month.

The y-intercept is 17, which is the point (0, 17). In this point, x is 0; this means no drivers were in the program. The y-value of this point is 17; this means there were 17 accidents per month.

This tells us there were 17 accidents per month when there were no drivers in the program.