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The y-intercept of this regression line is 11. What does this tell you about the relationship between the amount of fertilizer and the height of the seedlings?

The y-intercept of this regression line is 11. What does this tell you about the relationship-example-1
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The y intercept in a regression line is the point where the line of best fit meets the y axis. It is the expected mean value of y when x=0.

In the given graph, x cooridnate represents the amount of fertilisers and the y coordinate represents the height of the seedlings.

Therefore, the y intercept tells the mean value of the height of a seedling when no fertiliser is used. Hence, we cay say that the mean value of the height of a seedling when no fertiliser is used is 11 cm.

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