Choice D : look at where you think the line would be if it followed the direction of the data so that about half of the points fell above the line and half below. The two most important things to note are the slope of the line and y intercept.
This is a negative relationship as the line falls as you read it from left to right. That eliminates choice C. Next, it appears the line of best fit would have a y intercept around 10 on the y axis and then fall down and to the right cutting the data. Note that choices A and B have y intercepts that don't make sense for the data. Choice D does have a y intercept of 10 and a negative slope.
With functions, you take the number that is in the ( ), so we have f(-2), and take the fomula f(x) = 0.8(2 – x) and everywhere you see an 'x' replace it with the -2 f(–2)=0.8(2 – (-2))
We will have to work with the expression of 0.8(2-(-2) When you want to evaluate these types of expressions, you want to use the Order of Operations: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction. First we have to evaluate the parentheses. What is 2-(-2)
its 4.
ok now you got 0.8 (4)
Now we have the remains of 0.8(4). If a number is within the parenthesis, then it means that we have to multiply the number inside with the number that is outside. What is 0.8*4 its 3.2 soooo your answer is going to be
3.2
