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Ms. Garcia asked her students to use the scatterplot and trend line to predict the average miles per gallon of a vehicle weighing 2,250 pounds. Jim and Kim gave the following answers.

Ms. Garcia asked her students to use the scatterplot and trend line to predict the-example-1
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The prediction from the trend is the value of the y-coordinate of a point in the line trend. For a given weight of 2,250 pounds, the y-values on the line seem to be between 25 and 30. Notice that The value y=25 corresponds to a weight of 2500 pounds. Therefore, for a 2,250 pounds vehicle, the gas mileage would be roughly 28 miles per gallon.

Therefore, Jim's answer best fits the data.

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