A teacher collects data on the number of hours, s, his students spend studying and the number of hours, t, they spend watching T

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A teacher collects data on the number of hours, s, his students spend studying and the number of hours, t, they spend watching T

V each day. He finds that there is a negative linear association between s and t that is best modeled by the equation s=−0.5t+3.6 . What is the meaning of 3.6 in this equation?

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NikAS [45] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-01T21:11:30+03:00

Negative linear association is like inverse variation or a negative slope

we got

s=-0.5t+3.6
3.6 is the value of s when t=0
that means when they spent 0 hours watching tv, they spend 3.6 hours doing homework

that could mean that they have 3.6 free hours to do homework or watch tv