SOLUTION: What would be a real life situation where a graph would have no x intercept or y intercept? Then, will what you say about the line always be true in the situation?

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Question 609455: What would be a real life situation where a graph would have no x intercept or y intercept? Then, will what you say about the line always be true in the situation?
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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For example, a set of data points of a human's height vs. weight. If you constructed a linear (or quadratic, whatever) regression, there would be an x- and y-intercept on the regression line, but they would be meaningless (this assumes one weighs 0 lb or is 0 in tall).