SOLUTION: By looking at the following data, brainstorm why the parabola is not a good fit for the data. Data: https://s18.postimg.org/7rkmdjxft/Data.png Thanks.

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Question 1057370: By looking at the following data, brainstorm why the parabola is not a good fit for the data.
Data: https://s18.postimg.org/7rkmdjxft/Data.png
Thanks.
Answer by solve_for_x(190) About Me  (Show Source):
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While the data points shown in the graph do appear to follow a parabolic path,
the particular parabola shown in the graph is not a good fit because it is "above"
every observed data point.

That means that the model equation that goes with that parabola would be over-
estimating every value in the domain of the data set. In other words, the model
would not be a good predictor.