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Is this true or false? (4)The line of best fit must pass through all the points.

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Line of best fit refers to a line through a scatter plot of data points that best expresses the relationship between those points. An example of a line of best fit is shown in the next graph:

As shown in the graph, it is not necessary that the line passes through all the points, then the sentence: "The line of best fit must pass through all the points" is false

Is this true or false? (4)The line of best fit must pass through all the points.-example-1
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