Question

31. Each day, Talisa exercises by first

stretching and then swimming
some laps, as shown in the table.
Make a scatter plot of the total
time she exercises as a function
of the number of laps she swims.
Draw a trend line.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Given the following :

Laps - - - - - - - - 5 - - - 6 - - - 7 - - - 8 - - - 9

Total time - - - 25 - - 28 - - 29 - - 30 - - 32

Using online graphing tool:

The y - axis named dependent variable represents the total time taken.

The x-axis, represents the number of laps.

The equation of the trend line attached to the plot is in the form :

y = mx + c

y = 1.6x + 17.6

Where y = total time taken

x = number of laps

m = 1.6 = gradient of the line (change in y / change in x)

C = 17.6 = intercept (whee the trndline intersects the y-axis).