SOLUTION: Our 7th grade teacher wants us to find the equation of the average line through a set of data points - NOT by using a ruler and drawing the best line and then finding its equation.

Question 169048: Our 7th grade teacher wants us to find the equation of the average line through a set of data points - NOT by using a ruler and drawing the best line and then finding its equation. He won't tell us what to do. What is the best way to figure this out?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Our 7th grade teacher wants us to find the equation of the average line through a set of data points - NOT by using a ruler and drawing the best line and then finding its equation. He won't tell us what to do. What is the best way to figure this out?
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What info are you given? Do you have points in (x,y) format?
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