LC: Scatter Plots and Trend Lines

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Jeremiah conducts a survey and finds that as the first variable in his survey decreases, the second variable increases.

What type of association is there between the two variables?

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Which is a true statement about the scatter plot shown?


The table below shows the number of chapters and the approximate number of pages in
several books.

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Use the data in the table to construct a scatter plot.

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Which is a true statement about the scatter plot you constructed?

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Which could likely be the variables represented in the scatter plot shown?

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Which is a reasonable prediction based on the scatter plot below?

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Which is the most reasonable value of x when y = 150?

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


A city manager made a scatter plot of the number of retail stores in the city over the years. The scatter plot had a trend line with an equation:

y = 11x + 12

Where y is the total number of retail stores and x is the number of years since 1990.

Use this information to answer the two questions to the right.
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Mark and his family moved to the city in 1997. Use the equation to predict the number of retail stores in the city in 1997.

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When Darryl and his family moved to the city, there were 133 retail stores. Use the equation to predict what year Darryl’s family moved to the city.