Scatter plots and lines of fit.
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?
Describe the relationship between the data in the scatter plot.
Describe the relationship between the data in the scatter plot.
Describe the relationship between the data in the scatter plot.
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:
Solve for w: