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In the data set (0,-1);(-2,4);(-4,-8);(-1,5);(2,1);(3,-2);(-1,2)},which point is a possible outlier?

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If it’s possible just graph:
Here you can see (-4,-8) is far away from the other points.

If you want a mathematical explanation basically look for trends in the data, and the rest of the points trend negative linear.

If you want to use formulas or equations there’s a very complicated one online, that is very difficult to understand.
In the data set (0,-1);(-2,4);(-4,-8);(-1,5);(2,1);(3,-2);(-1,2)},which point is a-example-1
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