Thomas drew a line of best fit for the scatter plot as shown. Enter an equation for the line of best fit in slope-intercept form. The line of best fit equation in slope-intercept form is y =

Equation of line best fits the scatter plot is y =

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the equation of line be y = mx + c

where m = slope of line and c is the intercept on y -axis

from the graph intercept on y-axis is 108

and the slope of line is given by m = where () and () is the points on line

let, points be (4,96) and (18,36)

on calculating this m = =

Therefore equation of line best fits the scatter plot is y =

a) y = -3x +2

b) y = 1/2x -6

these 2 can be combined into one equation.

-3x +2 = .5x -6

8 = 3.5x

x = 8 / 3.5 = 2.2857142857

y = -3 * (8 / 3.5) +2

y = (-24 / 3.5) + 2

y = -4.8571428571

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