Assume you have collected data pairs (x, y) on a certain variety of tree. x is
the number of weeks since the tree was planted and yis the height of the tree
in inches. A plot of the data points with the best-fit line is given below. What is
the numerical value of the height as predicted by the best-fit line for an age of
120 weeks?

Assume you have collected data pairs x y on a certain variety of tree x is the number of weeks since the tree was planted and yis the height of the tree in inch class=

Respuesta :

Answer:

[tex]y = 120\,in[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

The points show a high postive correlation with a linear model, whose slope is constant:

[tex]m = \frac{\Delta y}{\Delta x}[/tex]

[tex]m = \frac{20\,in}{20\,weeks}[/tex]

[tex]m = 1\,\frac{in}{weeks}[/tex]

The numerical value predicted by the fit line is:

[tex]y = 20\,in + \left(1\,\frac{in}{weeks} \right)\cdot (120\,weeks)[/tex]

[tex]y = 120\,in[/tex]

Answer:

140 is the real asnwer :)