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A scientist created a scatter plot to display the height of a plant over a 12-day period. Which is the equation of the trend line that is shown

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Answer:

I think its D

Explanation:

User John Wang
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Answer:

y = (4/7)x + 1/7

Explanation:

In the picture attached, the plot is shown.

The trend line pass through points (5, 3) and (12, 7). Its slope is:

m = (y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1) = (7 - 3)/(12 - 5) = 4/7

The general equation of a line is:

y = mx +b

Replacing with the coordinates of one of the points and with the slope, we get:

3 = (4/7)5 + b

b = 3 - 20/7

b = 21/7 - 20/7

b = 1/7

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