SOLUTION: The relationship between antioxidant food consumption per day in cups and the BMI of an individual is modeled by the following line of best fit: y = -0.1x + 22. Interpret the slope

Question 1117246: The relationship between antioxidant food consumption per day in cups and the BMI of an individual is modeled by the following line of best fit: y = -0.1x + 22. Interpret the slope and intercept of the trend line within the context of the data.

Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
No antioxidant food consumption gives an average BMI of 22 .
Since the slope is negative , the higher the antioxidant food consumption tends to yield lower BMI values.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
No data is shown with your description.

If your equation is a function, then y is for "consumption per day as cups" and x is for BMI. Cups per day per BMI is and the equation suggests that cups per day for 0 BMI is 22.
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