4.5 Homework

By CHRISTOPHER HOWELL
Last updated about 1 year ago
6 Questions
Note from the author:
Scatter plots and lines of fit.
1.
INTERPRETING A SCATTER PLOT

The scatter plot shows the earned run averages and the winning percentages of eight pitchers on a baseball team.

a) What is the winning percentage of the pitcher with an earned run average of 4.20? _______

b) What is the earned run average of the pitcher with
a winning percentage of 0.333?_______

c) What tends to happen to the winning percentage as the
earned run average increases?
_______ (increases/decreases)
2.
Describe the relationship between the data in the scatter plot.
__________
3.
Describe the relationship between the data in the scatter plot.
__________
4.
Describe the relationship between the data in the scatter plot.
__________
5.
MODELING REAL LIFE
The table shows the amounts of storage left y (in gigabytes) on a music-playing device when there are x songs on the device.
The equation for the line of best fit is as follows:

a) Interpret the slope: __________

b) Interpret the y-intercept: __________
6.

Solve for w: