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95-85-닚Time (seconds)a01120 140 160 180 200Weight (pounds)Nineteen people ran 400 meters. Each point on the scatterplot above represents a person's time (inseconds) to complete the run and the weight (in pounds) of that person. The scatterplot also shows a lineof best fit for the data. According to the graph, each increase of 8 pounds in a runner's weight tends toincrease the runner's time by approximately how many seconds?2.002.53.03.54.0

95-85-닚Time (seconds)a01120 140 160 180 200Weight (pounds)Nineteen people ran 400 meters-example-1
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The best fit line passes throug the points (120,65) and (200,90).

Determine the slope of best fit line.


\begin{gathered} m=(90-65)/(200-120) \\ =(25)/(80) \end{gathered}

So for unit increase in weight time increase by 25/80 se

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