Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Given
The attached plot
Required
The line of the best fit using 
and 
We have:
Calculate slope (m)
The equation is then calculated using:
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Answer:
B
Step-by-step explanation:
Because the slope is a positive slope (goes through the positive quandrants on the graph), we can eliminate answer choices c. Now, if we solve a, b, and d and we can see if the slope + y-intercept matches the graph.
For A.) (solve for y to get a y=mx + b equation)
3x-2y=4
-2y= -3x + 4
<u>y= 3/2 -2</u>
For B.)
3x-2y= -4
-2y= -4-3x
<u>y= 3/2 + 2</u>
For D.)
2x+3y= 4
3y= 4-2x
<u>y= -2/3x + 4/3</u>
Now, if we look at D, the slope is negative so it cannot be D. That leaves us with A and B. The b in the y=mx + b equation stands for the y-intercept, so we can see that the y-intercept is 2. So, since the graph intersects the y-axis at (0,2), the answer is B! y=3/2 + 2 has a positive slope and 2 for the y-intercept!
D is the answer to this question
Y = 2x + 5
If you take the height at 10 days, 25 centimeters, after 10 more days the height is 45 centimeters, meaning for those 10 extra days the been plant grown 20 centimeters. Since we're told the plant is growing at a constant rate, this shows the bean plant is growing 2 centimeters per day. We can represent this with y = 2x. (After 10 days, the bean plant will be 20 centimeters, after 20 days, the bean plant will be 40 centimeters, etc.)
However, this is not completely true yet. As you can see, after the first 10 days the plant is not 20 centimeter, it's 25 centimeters. We already know the rate in which the plant is changing, but now we need to find the height that the plant was originally, before it started growing.
After the first 10 days, the plant is 25 centimeters tall. Since we know that the plant is growing 2 centimeters per day, we can subtract 20 from 25 to find the original height of the bean plant.
25 - 20 = 5
The bean plant was originally 5 centimeters.
This makes our final equation y = 2x + 5.
2x is the slope, and 5 is the y intercept.
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