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Marta believes that the equation of the line of best fit for the scatterplot below is y=5/9x+23/9. Which statement best summarizes why Marta is likely incorrect?

Marta believes that the equation of the line of best fit for the scatterplot below-example-1
User Tara Singh
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Answer:

A

Explanation:

User Tyler Wall
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Answer:

A

Explanation:

as you can see the y intercept for y=5/9x+23/9

the y intercept is positive (23/9)

and if you drew a line to imitate those points the y intercept(where the line toches the y axis) would be negative.

so A

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