Question

The scatterplot and trend line show the number of pass attempts and passing yards a football team had during seven seasons. Because none of the data points lie on the trend line, you must find two points on the line. Point 1 can be . Point 2 can be . Using those two points, the slope of the line is .

Answer 1

From the graph,

The first point can be (242, 2860)

The second point can be (236, 2855)

The slope of the line is 5/6

How to find the slope of the line

The slope, m is calculated using the points on the graph (242, 2860) and (236, 2855)

m = (y₀ - y₁) / (x₀ - x₁)

m = (2860 - 2855) / (242 - 236)

m = (5) / (6)

m = 5/6

The slope of the line is 5/6