The best fit line is given by the equation y = 0.404x - 5.18, where y represents the height of the plant above ground level, and
x represents the number of days since it was planted. What is the slope of the best fit line? What does the slope of the line mean in this situation? Is it reasonable?
This way Sally travels 12+9=21 kilometers. If there was a direct way she could go to work, that way would have been 15 km (because her way to work forms a right-angled triangle). Therefore her journey would be 21-15=6 km shorter. Choice A.