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Payton collected data to show the relationship between the number of hours he practices and the number of errors he makes when playing a new piece of music. The table shows his data.Which is the approximate slope of the line of best fit for the data?

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–5.5
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–4.5
C
–2.0
D
–1.0
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The table shows the temperature of an amount of water set on a stove to boil, recorded every half minute.According to the line of best fit, at what time will the temperature reach 100°C, the boiling point of water?

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5
B
5.5
C
6
D
6.5
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Latitude and longitude describe locations on the Earth with respect to the equator and prime meridian. The table shows the latitude and daily high temperatures on the first day of spring for different locations with the same longitude.Which statement describes the slope of the line of best fit for the data?

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The temperature decreases by about 0.9° for each 1 degree increase north in latitude.
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The temperature decreases by about 1.7° for each 1 degree increase north in latitude.
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The temperature increases by about 0.8° for each 1 degree increase north in latitude.
D
The temperature increases by about 1.3° for each 1 degree increase north in latitude.
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Which table shows a negative correlation?

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A 2-row table with 6 columns. The first row is labeled x with entries 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12. The second row is labeled y with entries negative 8, negative 5, negative 6, negative 3, negative 2, negative 1.
Option A
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Option
Option B
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Option
Option C
D
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Option D
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The scatterplot shows the time it takes for a new hot plate to boil various amounts of water, and one lab group’s attempt at a line of best fit.

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The line of best fit is reasonable because it does not go through any points.
B
The line of best fit is not reasonable because it has more points below it than above it.
C
The line of best fit is not reasonable because it does not go through any points.
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The line of best fit is reasonable because it goes through the largest number of points.
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Melinda works at a cafe. Each day that she works, she records x, the total dollar amount of her customers’ bills and then y, her total daily wages. The table shows her data for 2 weeks.

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$18
B
$26
C
$36
D
$40
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The graph and table shows the relationship between y, the number of words Jean has typed for her essay and x, the number of minutes she has been typing on the computer.

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2,500
B
2,750
C
3,000
D
3,250
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Teddy is preparing to sell some wooden blocks at a garage sale. Before pricing individual bags of blocks, he decides to determine the approximate number of blocks per pound by researching the weights of different sets of blocks. The graph shows his data.

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10
B
20
C
30
D
40

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