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6 - A|gebra 2 Netetak|ng 6u|de 43

9OUR.OTES
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Best Fitting Lines
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Postve oorre|aton
Negatve oorre|aton
Uorre|aton ooeffoent
Best-fttng |ne
Fer each scatter |et, descr|be the cerre|at|en shewn
and te|| whether the cerre|at|en ceeff|c|ent |s c|esest te
1, 0.5, 0, 0.5, er 1.
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3OLUTION
a. 1he soatter p|ot shows a oorre|aton.
5o, the best estmate gven s R .
b. 1he soatter p|ot shows a oorre|aton.
5o, R s between and but not too o|ose to ether
one. 1he best estmate gven s R .
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Step 1 $RAW a of the data.
Step 2 3KETCH the that appears to fo||ow most
o|ose|y the trend gven by the data ponts. 1here
shou|d be about as many ponts the
|ne as t.
Step 2 #HOOSE on the |ne, and estmate
the ooordnates of eaoh pont.
Step 4 7RITE an of the |ne that passes
through the two ponts from 5tep 3.
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atended each ef the f|rst seven feetba|| games X ef the
seasen. Arex|mate the best-f|tt|ng ||ne fer the data.
X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Y 722 763 772 826 815 857 897
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2. 5ketch the best-ft |ne.
3. Cheese two ponts on the
|ne. Ior the soatter p|ot
shown, you mght ohoose
(1, ) and (2, ).
4. Wr|te an equaton of the |ne. 1he |ne that passes
through the two ponts has a s|ope of:
M
Use the pont-s|ope form to wrte the equaton.
Y Y
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Y Sahst|tate for M, X
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Y S|mp||f,.
An approxmaton of the best-fttng |ne s
Y .
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Ccpyrlght MoDcugal Llttell/Hcughtcn Mlfflln Ccmpany. Lesscn 2.6 - A|gebra 2 Netetak|ng 6u|de 45
9OUR.OTES
(OMEWORK
5SETHEEQUATIONOFTHELINEOFBESTFITFROM%XAMPLE
TOPREDICTTHENUMBEROFPEOPLETHATWILLATTENDTHE
TENTHFOOTBALLGAME
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for X n the equaton from Lxamp|e 2.
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footba|| game.
%XAMPLE 5SEALINEOFFITTOMAKEPREDICTIONS
Fer each scatter |et (a) te|| whether the data
has POSITIVECORRELATIONNEGATIVECORRELATION er
NOCORRELATION and (b) te|| whether the cerre|at|en
ceeff|c|ent |s c|esest te 1, 0.5, 0, 0.5, er 1.
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3. 1he tab|e gves the average o|ass soore Y on eaoh

ohapter test for the frst sx ohapters X of the
textbook.
X 1 2 3 4 5 6
Y 84 83 86 88 87 90
a. Approxmate the best-fttng |ne for the data.
b. Use your equaton from part
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#HECKPOINT Cem|ete the fe||ew|ng exerc|ses.