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Scatter plot has one dot for each data point. Create a graph with the known variable along the x axis and the dependent variable along the y axis. In this case latitude for a city is unchanging so it belongs on the x axis. Temperature on the y axis. Use the highest and lowest value from each list to determine the scale 25 to 45 latitude and 32 to 76 degrees temp. So I chose 25 to 50 for latitude and 30 to 80 for temperature. Plot the points on the graph. I labeled them for clarity but this is not a necessary feature of a scatter plot. Then you use the assigned method to determine the slope and intercept of the trend line. I used Excel. You can use a scientific calculator or the pencil/paper algorithm. The slope is -2.48. Which means that change of +1 latitude results in lower temperature by 2.48 F
At latitude zero, expected temp is 137. This highlights the problem of extrapolation, which is a side issue. Plugging latitude 50 into the resulting equation yields 13.6 degrees F. NB both latitude and temperature are measured in “degrees” but these are vastly different. I left the unit off latitude to avoid this confusion.
At latitude zero, expected temp is 137. This highlights the problem of extrapolation, which is a side issue. Plugging latitude 50 into the resulting equation yields 13.6 degrees F. NB both latitude and temperature are measured in “degrees” but these are vastly different. I left the unit off latitude to avoid this confusion.
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Step-by-step explanation:
This problem gives one the following equation to model the graph of a line: (). The problem asks one to find the value of (x) when (y=0). Rather than using the graph, an easier way to solve this problem is to substitute (0) in for the value of (y) and then solve for (x) using inverse operations.
Substitute,
Inverse operations,
Round:
As one can see on the graph, this result is very close to the value at which the graph intersects the (x) axis. Thus, one can conclude that (x) does indeed approximately equal (1.4)