SOLUTION: Write a scenario that could work for the following line of best fit: y = -0.8x + 5.6. Explain the slope and intercept in this context.

SOLUTION: Write a scenario that could work for the following line of best fit: y = -0.8x + 5.6. Explain the slope and intercept in this context.

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Question 1141942: Write a scenario that could work for the following line of best fit: y = -0.8x + 5.6. Explain the slope and intercept in this context.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"scenario"? You just have a linear equation. That represents a line of numbers which might fit anything. Do those numbers mean anything to YOU?
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