Scatter Plots Slope and Y Intercept

Write the equation of the trend line in slope-intercept form.

Match the scatter plot to the equation that could represent the equation of its trend line.

• y = 3x

• y=4x-2

• y = -x + 5

• y = -5x

• The relationship is not linear

Match the scatter plot to the equation that could represent the equation of its trend line.

• y = 3x

• y=4x-2

• y = -x + 5

• y = -5x

• The relationship is not linear

Match the scatter plot to the equation that could represent the equation of its trend line.

• y = 3x

• y = x + 3

• y = -x + 5

• y = -5x

• The relationship is not linear

What does the slope mean in the context of the situation graphed?

• You burn 500 calories every 60 minutes of exercise.

• You eat 500 calories when you eat out 60 times.

• You burn 100 calories every 10 minutes of exercise.

• You should not exercise.

What is a reasonable slope for this graph?

• -5

• -2

• 10

• 5

What relationship is shown in the scatter plot?

• As the cost goes down, the number sold goes down.

• As the cost goes up, the number sold goes down.

• As the cost goes down, the number sold remains the same.

• There is not relationship between cost and the number sold.

What does the slope represent in this situation?

• The sloth runs 1 feet in 3 minutes

• The sloth runs 3 feet in 1 minute

• The sloth runs fast

• The sloth runs 6 feet in 1 minute

Write an equation of the trend line in slope-intercept form.

Write an equation of the trend line in slope-intercept form.