Mr. Dylan asks his students throughout the year to record the number of hours per week they spend practicing math at home. At the end of the year, he creates a scatter plot that models the relationship between exam score and time spent practicing. Which line of best fit will give Mr. Dylan the most accurate linear equation in order to make predictions about this relationship?

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Mathematics

Jamarion Wong

24 February, 00:59

Mr. Dylan asks his students throughout the year to record the number of hours per week they spend practicing math at home. At the end of the year, he creates a scatter plot that models the relationship between exam score and time spent practicing. Which line of best fit will give Mr. Dylan the most accurate linear equation in order to make predictions about this relationship?

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Sheldon Mahoney · Answer 1

The answer is A because if Mr. Dylan is practicing math at home, the more hours he does the the higher his exam grade will be. So this graph represents a positive correlation.

Haylee Zavala · Answer 2

The answer is C. The scatter plot models a positive slope for the number of hours spent studying and exam scores.