Finding Lines of Best Fit with Correlations

Which of the following lines represents the line of best fit for the scatter plot?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Which of the following lines represents the line of best fit for the scatter plot?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Which of the following lines represents the line of best fit for the scatter plot?

• A

• B

• C

• D

The scatter plot shows the relationship between the number of chapters and the total number of pages for several books.  Use the trend line to predict how many chapters would be in a book with 180 pages. 

• 12 chapters

• 15 chapters

• 18 chapters

• 21 chapters

Which of the following could be a possible line of best fit for the data?

• y = 3x + 0

• y = 5/6x + 490

• y = -2x + 470

• non linear

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Is this line an accurate line estimate of best fit for the data?

• Yes

• No

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Looking at the graph showing a line of best fit, what is the correlation shown?

• Length of life is constant

• Length of life increases as amount of sunlight increases

• Length of life increases as amount of sunlight decreases

• Length of life decreases as amount of sunlight increases

• y = 1.45x + 22
• y = -2x + 15
• y = 1.33x + 30
• y = -1.5x + 24

Which is the line of best fit?

• Black

• Orange

• Red

• Blue

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Which of the following could be a possible line of best fit for the data?

• y = -5/2x + 20

• y = x + 19

• y = x + 20

• y = 2/3x + 15