Drag each item to the correct description of the relationship.
Positive Correlation
Negative Correlation
No Correlation
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 = 5x + 12
Where y is the total number of retail stores and x is the number of years since 2012.
Use this information to answer the three questions to the right.
Mark and his family plan to move to the city in 2025. Use the equation to predict the number of retail stores there will be in 2025.
When Darryl and his family moved to the city, there were 62 retail stores. Use the equation to determine what year Darryl’s family moved to the city.
Which statements are true?
A scatter plot was constructed on the graph below and a line of best fit was drawn. What is the equation for the line of best fit?
The table below shows the number of chapters and the approximate number of pages in several books.
Use the data in the table to construct a scatter plot and draw the line of best fit.
Which is a true statement about the scatter plot you constructed?
What does the y-intercept represent in this situation.
