Thing is, you didn't give us the choices!
1] y - 3x = -8
[2] y + 9x = 4
-3x + y = -8 9x + y = 4
Solve equation [2] for the variable y
[2] y = -9x + 4
// Plug this in for variable y in equation [1]
[1] (-9x+4) - 3x = -8
[1] - 12x = -12
// Solve equation [1] for the variable x
[1] 12x = 12
[1] x = 1
// By now we know this much :
y = -9x+4
x = 1
// Use the x value to solve for y
y = -9(1)+4 = -5
{y,x} = {-5,1}
We have been provided a diagram which tells us that Patti drew vertical line segments from two points to the line in her scatter plot. The first point she selected was dwarf crocodile. The second point she selected was for an Indian Gharial crocodile.
We can see that dwarf crocodile's bite force is closer to line of best fit than Indian Gharial crocodile. Indian Gharial crocodile seems to be an outlier for our data set.
Therefore, Patti's line have resulted in a predicted bite force that was closer to actual bite force for the dwarf crocodile.
I’m not sure sorrry but i hope someone else can help u
The answer to this question would be B, -3. The reason for this is because when you have an equation in slope intercept form, it would be y = mx + b. In this case your b is equal to 0 so you have only y = mx. The variable m represents the slope, which is in this case, equal to -3. Hope this helps. Please rate, leave a thanks, and mark a brainiest answer. (Not necessarily mine). Thanks, it really helps! :D
