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What is extrapolation?

A. Predicting data that fall beyond a known data point
B. Estimating data that fall between two known data points
C. Finding a line that follows closely to all the points
O D. A close relationship between two events

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Answer:

A. Predicting data that fall beyond a known data point

Step-by-step explanation:

Extrapolating is unreliable because you are predicting data outside of the data range - anything could happen for the data to stop following the trend or pattern

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