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.

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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?
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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?