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Answer:
see attached
Step-by-step explanation:
The first attachment shows the rectangles with the area inside and the width on the right. The synthetic division of area by width gives the polynomial coefficients for length. The lengths are marked above the rectangles. The synthetic division is shown the 2nd and 3rd attachments.
The linear equation B. y = -x +7.5 best describes the given model. The mood rating for a student that spent 5.5 hours online would be 2.
Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1; We plot the points that fall on the line and that lie on an exact x or y coordinate. The following 4 points are plotted (0.5, 7), (2, 5.5), (2.5, 5) and (3.5, 4). We substitute the values of x in the given equations to see which best describes the model.
Step 2; When y = x + 7.5, we get the coordinates as (0.5, 8), (2, 9.5), (2.5, 10) and (3.5, 11).
When y = -x + 7.5, the coordinates are (0.5, 7), (2, 5.5), (2.5, 5) and (3.5, 4).
When y = + 7.5, the coordinates are (0.5, 7.25), (2, 6.5), (2.5, 6.25) and (3.5, 5.75).
So equation 2 has the closest values to the actaul graph.
Step 3; By substituting x = 5.5, y = -(5.5) + 7.5 = 7.5 - 5.5 = 2.