Look at the picture.
Therefore we have the equation:
10y - 29 = 7y + 19 <em>add 29 to both sides</em>
10y = 7y + 48 <em>subtract 7y from both sides</em>
3y = 48 <em>divide both sides by 3</em>
y = 16
3x + 7 = 5x - 21 <em>subtract 7 from both sides</em>
3x = 5x = -28 <em>subtract 5x from both sides</em>
-2x = -28 <em>divide both sides by (-2)</em>
x = 14
The slope of the best fit for the 3 given points is 500, so the correct option is b.
<h3>How to find the slope?</h3>
Remember that for a line that passes through two points (x₁, y₁) and (x₂, y₂) the slope is:
With the 3 given points we can find 3 slopes, and then we will need to find the average of these 3.
The 3 points are: (3, 2,750), (6, 4,200), and (9,5,750)
Then the 3 slopes are:
The average slope is:
So the correct option is b.
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