A store manager records the number of people who have been in his store compared to the number of hours the store has been open.

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A store manager records the number of people who have been in his store compared to the number of hours the store has been open.

He graphs the data on the scatterplot below and sketches a trend line.
Store Customers

A graph has hours open on the x-axis, and total customers on the y-axis. A trend line goes through points (1, 25) and (2, 50).

Based on the data collected, if the store has been open 7 hours, which scenario is most likely to be true?
After 1/2 hour, 1 customer had been in the store.
After 6 hours, 129 customers had been in the store.
After 7 hours, 175 customers had been in the store.
After 8.5 hours, 225 customers had been in the store.

Mathematics