10.
3 Line of Best Fit
1. Which line represents the best fit for the scatter plot data?
A. C.
B. D.
2. A researcher studied the eyesight of people at different ages. She calculated a vision score for each
person in the study and plotted the data on the graph below.
The researcher used the line y=−0.1 x +110 to model the data. When she substituted the value x=65
into this equation, what did the result tell her?
A. the minimum possible value for the vision score of a 65-year-old
B. the predicted value for the vision score of a 65-year-old
C. The exact value for the vision score of a 65-year-old
D. the maximum possible value for the vision score of a 65-year-old
3.
x 1 4 5 10 12 13 14 15
y 5 2 15 25 35 30 40 45 5. Given the table below, use your calculator to
0 find the Line of Best Fit
a) What is the equation for the line of best fit? x 3 10 8 6 2 5
y 23. 58.4 48. 38. 18.4 33.
4 4 4 4
b) Draw the line of best fit on the following
scatterplot. Write your equation here:
6. Please round all answers to 2 decimal
places.
Given the table below, use your calculator to find
the Line of Best Fit
x 3.4 7.6 4.7 3.5 6.2 5.7 9.7
4. y 11. 20.4 14. 11 16. 15.5 23.
3 2 5 9
x 3 5 8 9
1 12 1 16
1 5 Enter your equation here:
y 10 1 25 25 3 25 4 35
0 0 0
7. Use linear regression on your calculator to find
a) What is the equation for the line of best fit?
the equation of the linear function that best fits
[If using the calculator, round slope and y-
this data.
intercept to at least 3 decimal places.]
x 1 2 3 4 5 6
b) Draw the line of best fit on the following y 8 103 12 152 16 189
scatterplot. 3 4 6
Write your answer as an equation in the form
y=mx+b . Round all numbers to 2 decimal
places.
8. The table below shows the number of state-registered automatic weapons and the murder rate for
several Northwestern states, where x is thousands of automatic weapons and y is murders per 100,000
residents.
x 11.5 8.1 6. 3.9 2. 2.3 2. 0.4
8 7 5
y 13.7 11. 9. 7.2 6. 6.2 6. 4.1
1 8 2 2
Use your calculator to determine the equation of the regression line and write it in the y=ax+ b form.
Round to 2 decimal places.
According to this model, how many murders per 100,000 residents can be expected in a state with 10
thousand automatic weapons? Round to 3 decimal places.
According to this model, how many murders per 100,000 residents can be expected in a state with 2.7
thousand automatic weapons? Round to 3 decimal places.
9. You are researching memory cards for your phone, and you keep track of a random sample of prices
for various size (gigabyte) SD cards. The data is plotted for you below.
Gigabytes Price ($)
0.5 4.26
1 5.04
2 7
4 6.19
8 9.52
16 10.54
32 13.55
32 12.6
32 12.08
64 19.23
64 18.22
64 20.09
a) Use technology to find the equation of the best-fit line. Let x represent gigabytes, and let y represent
price. Remember to start your equation with "y=".
b) In your equation, what is the slope? Use the units to interpret the slope in context. (Remember slope is
rise/run.) Helpful phrase: “y per x”
c) What would the best-fit line predict for the price of a 16 GB memory card?
d) Look at the data table. What is the price of a 16 GB memory card in this data set?
e) Calculate how far your prediction in part (b) was off. (This “error” is called a residual. It is calculated as
the actual value (part d) minus the predicted value (part c).)
Residual:
Key - Form 1
4. y=2.2088⋅ x +3.188 1 ~
1. D: 5. y=5 x +8.4
2. B: the predicted value for the vision score of 6. y=2.0638 x + 4.0 855
a 65-year-old 7. y=21.34 3 x +61.4 67
3. y=2.4347⋅ x+ 4.353 8 ~ 8. y=0.8586 x +3.96 28 ~ 12.5488 ~ 6.281
9. y=0.2104 ⋅ x+ 5.9242 ~ 0.21042002206527
~ Each additional GB of storage results in a
predicted price increase of $0.21. ~ 9.29 ~
10.54 ~ 1.25
