Question

HiThe scatter plot shows a hiker's elevation above sea level during a hike from the base to the

top of a mountain. The equation of a trend line for the hiker's elevation is y = 7.96x +676, where x
represents the number of minutes and y represents the hiker's elevation in feet. Use the equation of
the trend line to estimate the hiker's elevation after 170 minutes.

Answer 1

2029.2 ft

Explanation:

If x represents the number of minutes, then all you have to do is plug in 170 ( the number of minutes ) into the equation.

y = 7.96 (170) + 676

y = 1353.2 + 676

y = 2029.2

y represents the hiker's elevation in feet, so the answer would be 2029.2 ft.

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