Algebra II

Name: _______________ Hour: _____ Lines of Best Fit Practice

Clark wanted to see if there was an relationshi! between the amount of time his sister s!ent stud ing and her grades in school" #o$ he recorded the number of hours she s!ent stud ing e%er week for a whole two ears$ and recorded the a%erage number of hours stud ing !er week for each &uarter" He also saw her grade e%er &uarter and recorded these" His data is shown in the table below" a%erage stud time 'hours( &uarter /rade '!ercent( ) 0. * *1 + *) ,1+ ,) 11 ,+ 2. ,. 2, ,, 12

3ake a scatter !lot of the data and sketch a line of best fit"

,( 4se two !oints on our line of best fit to find its e&uation in slo!e5!oint form"

)( 6hat is the slo!e of our line7 6hat does this mean in the situation7

.( 6hat is the 5interce!t of our line7 6hat does this mean in the situation7

Algebra II

Name: _______________ Hour: _____

8he amount of loans that 9arla takes out graduall increase as she goes to school to become a doctor" Below is a table showing her loan debt e%er ear for the eight ears that she is going to medical school" ears in medical school Loan debt 'thousands( , : ) ,: . )) : ., + :0 :1 * 01 *+

3ake a scatter !lot of the data and sketch a line of best fit"

,( 4se two !oints on our line of best fit to find its e&uation in slo!e5!oint form"

)( 6hat is the slo!e of our line7 6hat does this mean in the situation7

.( 6hat is the 5interce!t of our line7 6hat does this mean in the situation7